Young Gazans Reach Global Audiences With Videos of Everyday Life in War

Seven months into the war in Gaza, Mohammed Said al-Halimy began documenting his daily routine in earnest.Mr.al-Halimy, known by his friends and online as Medo, already had a teenager’s knack for capturing sunsets, songs and life’s milestones in short video snippets.

That life was fractured after Israeli bombs fell on Gaza in response to the Hamas-led Oct.7, 2023, attack, destroying his university and forcing him into a makeshift beach campsite.As months of fighting ground into the summer, and his displacement became more entrenched, Mr.

al-Halimy turned his phone camera to the surreal experience of everyday reality in dystopian circumstances.“I wanted to show something positive, some resilience despite the daily suffering,” Mr.al-Halimy, 19, said in a July interview, adding that he hoped to capture an “unseen side of our lifestyle.”Palestinians trapped in Gaza have been recording the war since it began, in often harrowing videos that have given a close-up view of the Israeli bombardment to millions of people worldwide.

Many of their posts — raw, personal and at times graphic — went viral early in the conflict as traditional news media outlets struggled to get reporters into the blockaded enclave.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe....