As I write this, Israel is razing Gaza City to the ground in the latest stage of what many respected international human rights organizations and scholars have called a genocide. There aren't as many images coming out of Gaza City as there should be because the Israeli military is still not allowing foreign reporters free access to Gaza and has murdered many of the journalists in the ground. In August, Al Jazeera's team in Gaza City were deliberately targeted by Israel.
"If you are reading this message, it means I have been arrested on trumped-up charges due to my journalistic activity," Ali, 31, who was working as a reporter for the U.S. government-funded news outlet Voice of America, wrote in January.