This is The New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker.

This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick.

The war in Gaza has been, among many other humanitarian disasters, deadly for journalists.

Foreign reporters have almost no access to Gaza,

so nearly all the reporting on the war's impact

comes from Palestinian journalists on the ground.

Israeli officials often accuse them of lying about what's happening,

or they even accuse them of being terrorists.

A week ago, the IDF struck a tent where Al Jazeera journalists were working, killing seven

people. One of them, Israel said, was a Hamas operative, which Al Jazeera denied.

Close to 200 members of the press have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 23, according to the

Committee to Protect Journalists. A young journalist named Mohamed Mahesh was very nearly among them.

After surviving an Israeli strike, Mahwish left Gaza, but he still reports on what's happening

there. He just wrote for the New Yorker about mental health workers

who are treating a deeply traumatized population.

Well, they themselves, of course, are suffering all the devastation

of this long and terrible war.

I spoke the other day with Mohamed Mahwish.

Tell me a little bit about your life on October 6th, 2023.

I was born and raised in Gaza City, and I grew up there.

I studied literature.

I had my passion towards writing and journalism since I was a freshman in college.

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