"It would seem that the eyes and ears of the world aren’t interested in Palestinian life, only in Palestinian death."

"This isn't an Aggression anymore. It's a Genocide. There isn't another word that can describe the scale of violence I see in front of me."

"It's a calculated, deliberate, and ruthless ethnic cleansing, and nobody seems to care. Why do we live in a world where Genocide has been normalized?"

This book is heartbreaking but such an important read. Anyone who thinks that this is a "war" and both sides are as bad as each other should be reading this. It is a genocide and Plestia shows the devastation. At only 23 she is "4 Israeli aggressions old". She recorded the destruction and brutality of her people and country.

She shows the beauty and life of Gaza before the genocide. She also shows the humans, the ones who are being wiped out by ethnic cleansing. Palestinians are beautiful humans, and the love they show for each other and their country during such horrific times is incredible. People who have lost everything will share anything they have. Strangers are digging through rubble to help families find their loved ones. Children are making bracelets so that they can identify their loved ones bodies. Doctors are still trying to help the injured in the worst conditions whilst putting their lives at risk.

This book details the genocide. There is no defending bombing hospitals, churches, and shelters. Murdering Journalists and doctors is a war crime.
Plestia's diary entries are raw and full of emotion. She describes how getting out has resulted in so much pain and guilt at being safe whilst family and friends are trapped and likely to die.

"December me thought that making it out alive would be the best case scenario. Right now I can't see it. I'm safe and alive, but I don't think I know what being alive truly means."

Whilst this is a hard read, it is a privilege to only witness this atrocity through pages/screens. 

I read an arc via NetGalley