Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Calls for a ceasefire continue as aid agencies increasingly warn of the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas rages on, the level of human suffering in the Gaza Strip has come into clearer focus.
The death toll in Gaza surpassed 30,000 this week, according to the Gazan health ministry. The United Nations estimates that 2 million Palestinians in the territory have been internally displaced by war. New reports say nearly all of the 2.3 million people in the enclave face crisis levels of food insecurity. And at least one quarter of the population is one step away from famine.
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is a U.S. citizen from Gaza who has lost 31 family members so far in the conflict. He is also a Middle East analyst whose writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, and the Newsweek. He joined Diane on this week’s episode of On My Mind to share his family’s story — and what it says about the broader humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Guests
- Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib U.S. citizen from Gaza and Middle East analyst who has written for The Atlantic, Newsweek and Foreign Policy
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