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February 5, 2025

Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer, Killed in 2023 Israeli Strike, Finally Laid to Rest in Gaza City
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In more news from Gaza, the beloved poet, academic and activist Refaat
Alareer has finally been laid to rest, more than one year after he was
killed in an Israeli strike along with his sister, brother and four
nephews. His family recovered their remains after a neighbor buried them
in a yard at the site of the Israeli attack. Alareer was buried in a
cemetery in Gaza City's Shuja'iyya neighborhood, where Alareer was born.


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