Two big takeaways:

1) More unexploded missiles and bombs have fallen in Gaza than anywhere in the world since at least the Second World War.

2) Ukrainian frontline is 600 mi long, and Gaza frontline is 25 mi long. There’s more rubble—37m tons—in Gaza than in Ukraine.

From Gaza's last maternity and neonatal hospital, in Rafah: 'At the moment there are 45 babies between the neonatal intensive care unit and the special care intensive care unit. Without a doubt, if the Israeli army occupies this space, every single one of those babies will die.'

The Palestinians being pulled from the rubble in Rafah are being pulled piece by piece. The bombing is so intensely that it’s crushing people into pieces.

Journalist Barbara Demick describing famine (from Nothing to Envy)

Was struck by Parul Sehgal's profile of Judith Butler -- singing along to a baby's cries, bad old haircuts, luminous love. But most moving to me is Herald -- a mysterious, hidden, 'not right' relative. I want to read a book about this country's Harolds newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

On May 7, I'll be reading here with friends and fellow writers to raise funds for We Are Not Numbers, a youth-led nonprofit in Gaza that shares Palestinian stories. Join us. For tickets: eventbrite.com/e/freedom-to-w…

He wrote If I Must Die to Al-Shymaa. He was addressing her. She's the one that was told to tell his story, to sell his things, and to not lose hope.

No, no, no, no.
Refaat’s daughter, Shimaa and her new baby and the husband got killed in an airstrike today.
Just a few days ago, I mentioned that Refaat became a grandfather.
💔💔💔💔💔

Urgent request: A dear family friend (34 y/o, in nyc) battling stage IV liver cancer requires a liver transplant needed for his long term survival. Looking for donor with O+/O- blood type. Please DM me for more info, and please share. Thank you

I've long lamented the fact that we no longer have SPY magazine's 'Reviewing the Reviewers' column but this by Dan Kois in Slate will more than suffice

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“I’m an American doctor who went to Gaza. I have worked in other war zones. But what I witnessed during the next 10 days in Gaza was not war—it was annihilation.” latimes.com/opinion/story/…