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Gaza from the sky – a landscape of rubble, dust and graves | First Thing

globalAugust 6, 2025
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Gaza from the sky – a landscape of rubble, dust and graves | First Thing
The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive. Plus, travels in Trump’s FloridaGood morning.Seen from the a...
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The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive. Plus, travels in Trump’s Florida

Good morning.

Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilization, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighborhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out.

Why was this opportunity so rare? Following the Hamas-led attacks that day, Israel has barred foreign journalists from entering Gaza – an unprecedented move in the history of modern conflict, marking one of the rare moments that reporters have been denied access to an active war zone.

What else did he say? Despite the global turmoil, he said, “we, the people, must never give up. Instead, we must work even harder to build civil society consensus that nuclear weapons must be abolished for a genuinely peaceful world.”

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Source: Guardian - World News

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