Bombed hospitals, buried children: we have become numb to Gaza’s destruction | Hala Alyan

As we are saturated with horror, it gets normalized - and Israel's assault continues unfettered. A Palestinian American poet on dehumanization

Back in May, when the image of a decapitated child in Rafah started circulating, my friend texted: This is the image. This is the one. Now the world's going to roar. For many of us, this has been the reality of the last months: waiting for the image that will shake complacency and complicity; waiting for the image so staggering it'll be non-negotiable. An amputated toddler. A blown-apart body. A girl hanging from the side of a building. We are still waiting.

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