The Take 2025 in review: What does survival look like in Gaza City?
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Dec 31, 2025 
Hani Mahmoud, an Al Jazeera English correspondent based in Gaza City, shares gripping insights from the escalating conflict. He highlights the daily reality of Palestinians facing displacement and the impact of misleading evacuation orders. Hani critiques international media's silence on the genocide claims and condemns reconstruction plans as attempts to erase Palestinian identity. Despite the danger, he emphasizes the importance of truth-telling and the support from global solidarity movements, reflecting on the risks he takes to return home after reporting.
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Reporting Under Intermittent Power
- Hani Mahmoud describes reporting from a half-burned building in Gaza City with intermittent power and internet.
- He says brief windows of connectivity let him transmit raw images that he believes the world deserves to see.
Evacuations As Enforced Displacement
- Mahmoud says evacuation orders function as enforced displacement under heavy bombardment, not safety measures.
- He reports people fleeing into so-called 'safe' zones that are then bombed, causing mass civilian casualties.
Silence Helped Legitimize Atrocities
- Mahmoud argues the international press' earlier silence legitimized Israeli actions and helped atrocities continue.
- He says recent academic rulings confirming genocide are 'too little too late.'