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'Live-streamed genocide': Palestinian poet writes from Gaza's frontline
Key takeaways
- Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, pictured in front of the ruins of a building in Gaza, is appearing at the 2026 Sydney Writers' Festival.
- Israel invaded Gaza in response, and the family soon received warning that Israeli forces planned to attack the area.
- The refugee camp was also bombed, and the family moved to another location, a school run by the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA).
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Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, pictured in front of the ruins of a building in Gaza, is appearing at the 2026 Sydney Writers' Festival. (Supplied)
Link copied Share Share article When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha and his family were living in an apartment in Gaza, in the same building as his parents and brothers.
Israel invaded Gaza in response, and the family soon received warning that Israeli forces planned to attack the area. They evacuated to the Jabalia refugee camp, in Gaza's north, where they learned their home had been destroyed by an Israeli strike.
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