Anatomy of a genocide: how it feels to live amid death and ruins in Gaza
A new book titled 'Gaza: The Story of a Genocide' compiles testimonies and essays documenting the human toll of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The collection highlights the widespread destruction of infrastructure and the loss of life, emphasizing the voices of those living through the crisis.
Why it matters
It serves as a historical record of a humanitarian crisis and highlights the global failure to intervene in the face of documented atrocities.
M onths before a United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded in September 2025 that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro had begun work to record the human toll of Israel’s relentless attack on the narrow strip since October 2023 following Hamas’ assault on Israel. In Gaza: The Story of a Genocide (Verso), a volume which both of them edited, they write in the Preface that the collection of testimonies is “a way to ensure that neither the violence nor its many victims are forgotten.” At least 65,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in 23 months, many of them women and children.
The article uses emotionally charged language and focuses heavily on the humanitarian suffering and the framing of the conflict as a genocide.
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