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I'm Simon Mabin and you're listening to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
For assignment, this is One Week in Gaza.
It's 8.56pm.
This is my fourth attempt at recording this
because I have this brain fog that is taking over my life right now.
It is my body's way of trying to deal with the trauma of everything.
If I was completely present, I would lose my mind completely.
This is Hania Aljamal.
She's been living in a war zone for 20 months.
She's the kind of person I might ordinarily go and meet in person,
seeing what her life is like firsthand.
But Hania lives in Gaza,
a 41-kilometer stretch of land on the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea.
The people living there are Palestinians, but since long before the current war,
the movement of people and goods in and out has been controlled by Israel.
Israel has said this is necessary for security.
Since 2006, Gaza has been governed by Hamas,
an Islamist resistance movement that's designated a terrorist organisation by the UK,
the US, Israel and others.