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Gaza journalists document psychological toll of covering their own catastrophe
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Journalists in Gaza face mounting mental health crises as they report on the devastation surrounding them while enduring the same violence, displacement, and deprivation they cover, We Are Not Numbers reported. The reporters work under constant threat, documenting death and destruction in their communities while experiencing fear, loss, hunger, and danger firsthand. Their reporting emerges not from professional distance but from the center of the crisis itself.
The psychological burden compounds as Gaza's journalists lose colleagues, homes, and family members while maintaining their work. Operating without the buffer that typically separates war correspondents from their subject matter, these reporters live the story they tell, blurring the line between witness and victim in ways that conventional conflict coverage rarely demands.
