The Observer.
Hello, it's Basher Cummings here.
I was the editor of Hoaxed.
And I'm here because I want to play you a story that was first told to me by my colleague Eva Wiseman.
It starts with a mislaid phone and a missing shoe.
And it quickly consumes both her life and the man to whom it all happened.
A man that we're calling Ali.
If you want to hear more stories like it, you can find it on our weekly narrative series, The Slow Newscast.
But for now, I'm going to hand over to Eva.
So I should first say Ali is not his real name.
We're having to protect his identity and we've also removed details
that might make some people in the story identifiable.
Mostly that's because it's ongoing and police are involved.
People marching for peace in Gaza became a common sight in 2023. Images
of brutality were filtering out of Gaza during Israel's relentless bombing campaign.
The United Nations says nearly a million Palestinians have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza's must-run health ministry says at least 241 people have been killed in the past 24 hours.
In Gaza itself, hospitals are overrun with the injured and the dead.
Each week, newspapers were filled with photos of death and destruction.
Welcome back amid growing concerns over the trajectory of the war.