‘I’m not just covering the news – I’m living it’: Gaza’s citizen journalists chronicling life in war

On the ground in Gaza, a small group of younger reporters have brought the war to the outside world

Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip outside a morgue in Khan Younis. Picture: Mohammed Dahman/AP Photo

The video that made Plestia Alaqad go viral was simple yet traumatic. 

Early in Israel’s assault on Gaza, she was filming in a neighbour’s flat in Gaza City, showing how they had removed the glass from the windows and were sheltering in the interior.