Killed in an Israeli Airstrike, Gazan Poet Refaat Alareer Broke Through the Blockade's Borders

Refaat Alareer, who died alongside several close family members, wrote in English about life in Gaza. A severe critic of Israel, he taught young Gazans to use their writing as a tool of Palestinian resistance

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Sheren Falah Saab
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Sheren Falah Saab

On December 7, Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City along with his brother, sister and her four children. In a tribute to the poet, CNN noted that he was killed a few weeks after saying that he and his family had nowhere to go.

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