Nine Days in Gaza

<p>“You never get used to the sound of bombings,” Rahf Hallaq tells us on today’s episode.</p><p>Ms. Hallaq, an English language and literature student, lives in the northwestern area of Gaza City, where she shares a home with her parents and five siblings. She turns 22 next month.</p><p>We talk with Ms. Hallaq about her life, her dreams and what the last nine days have been like in Gaza.</p><p>Guest: Rahf Hallaq, a 21 year-old English student and resident of Gaza City.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>In Gaza, an ordinary street, and extraordinary horror,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/world/middleeast/gaza-airstrikes-palestinians-israel.html"> as missiles thunder in</a>.</li><li>As fighting enters its second week, it is being defined by civilian casualties, undiminished rocket fire and airstrikes, and by historical tensions erupting into unrest.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/israel-gaza-what-we-know.html"> Here’s what to know</a> about the conflict. </li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>