Escaping Gaza City, while reporting on its destruction

逃离加沙城,报道其毁灭景象

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2025-09-25

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Malak A Tantesh on fleeing the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza and becoming a reporter in the most dangerous place on Earth for journalists. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today a journalist on fleeing Gaza City and reporting as she goes.

  • We are now in the apartment and my family is gathering our belongings together to move them easily.

  • I feel deeply sad and frustrated.

  • We all say that we don't want to leave but we deeply know that we have no other choice.

  • Malek Tantash is a journalist in Gaza.

  • On the 16th of September, The day that Israel began its full-scale ground invasion of Gaza City,

  • she sent us these voice notes.

  • The sound of Israeli plans fills the air and from time to time we hear sounds of explosions.

  • Malak has been writing for the Guardian for 18 months, but now,

  • like thousands of others, she was also being forced to flee under mass evacuation orders.

  • My mind is full of thoughts.

  • This is our last night here.

  • Will they allow us to return to Gaza City again?

  • I remembered enjoying my last moments at the window today.

  • Watching the people below and holding on the beautiful scenes

  • because I knew very well they would never be repeated again.

  • Malak's parents load their family car with the two youngest children and as many belongings

  • as they can carry.

  • Malak and her sisters try to find another way out.