'It's absolute hell': Irish filmmaker fundraising to help former colleague escape Gaza

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Mohammed Rajab is trying to escape Gaza to bring his family to safety. Picture: GoFundMe

An Irish documentary filmmaker is fundraising to evacuate a friend and former colleague who is trapped in catastrophic conditions in Gaza.

Palestinian journalist Mohammed Rajab helped cameraman and photographer Ed Godsell, originally from Passage West, Co Cork, as a fixer and translator when he was filming in Gaza.