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January 13, 2026

Headstone Is Finally Placed for Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer, Killed in 2023 Israeli Strike
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In other news from Gaza, a headstone has finally been placed on the
grave of Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, more than two years after he
was killed in an Israeli airstrike on December 6, 2023. His body wasn't
recovered until 10 months ago. Inscribed on the headstone are the
closing lines of his most famous poem: "If I must die, / Let it bring
hope; / Let it be a tale."


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