mosababutoha
@mosababutoha.bsky.social
Palestinian poet from Gaza. Author of Forest of Noise & Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear.
THIS IS VERY SERIOUS 🚨🚨🚨🚨 According to his lawyer, Nasser Odeh, Dr. Abu Safiya was struggling to breathe and speak, and during the meeting he appeared close to losing consciousness several times.
A 15-year-old girl has just succumbed to the injuries she sustained in today’s Israeli terrorist strike in Khan Younis (yesterday local time). Her name was Fatima al-Khatib. She is a relative of the one-month-old baby whose foot was severed in the strike.
Today my wife, Maram, and I planted two strawberry plants in memory of her father, who was a strawberry farmer, and my dear friend Refaat al-Areer, who loved strawberries. They were both killed by israel in August 2025 and December 2023 respectively. May their memories live forever. 🍓🍓
Over 58,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both parents since the start of the israeli ongoing genocide.
A victim of Israel’s terrorist attack today in Gaza City. A child, barely 10 years old. Zoom in and see what Israel’s terrorism did to the child’s face today.
We miss you. We love you. I miss our time picking strawberries together. I miss our time reciting Arabic poetry to each other. I’s heartbreaking to just remember you are not in this world with us.
A Palestinian hostage has died today in Israeli concentration camp. His name is Mohammad Ahmad al-Halabi. Israel had held him hostage since 1991. (Note: in December 2023, Israel murder his son Ahmad. A month before that, Israel killed his sister, her husband, and their entire family.)
Nayef Samarou had just brought his wife to a Nablus hospital to give birth to their first child. While stepping out to visit a nearby supermarket, he was shot and killed by Israeli terrorist forces.
On this day last year Israel killed my friend Bilal al-Masri and some members of his family at a funeral tent.
For your information, approximately 2,700 children, including relatives of mine and my wife’s, are still missing beneath the debris of destroyed homes in Gaza.
Thank you to Cultured Magazine for featuring me in this year’s Cult 100 List. It’s an honor to be recognized among those shaping today’s cultural conversation. Q: What are you looking forward to this year? A: Justice for the people of Palestine.
Israel’s history of using terror to expel Palestinians and steal their land has seen a disturbing new development.
Israel is currently killing an average of 8 children in Lebanon every single day. Since March 2, 2026, Israel murdered 111 children in Lebanon.
Oh, yes, very quietly. They’re not talking about it, neither in the media nor in the parliament. More, there are no videos. It’s so great you’re reporting on this. You’re doing a great service to humanity. I’m certain that governments around the world, especially many Western ones, will take action.
Today, Hatem Rayyan, a Palestinian paramedic who was abducted from Kamal Odwan Hospital on December 27, 2024, died in an Israeli prison. Rayyan was abducted from the same hospital and on the same day as Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyya.
Israel has just carried out an air strike and SLAUGHTERED AT LEAST 2 PALESTINIANS in al-Maghazi Camp.
More than 70,000 Palestinians have registered with the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo to return to Gaza in anticipation of the reopening of the Rafah border crossing.
Two more pieces of art by Kanafani. Please check out my previous posts, especially the one about family trees. Leave comments
In my own extended family, Israel killed my first cousin Tahrir and her husband and their five children (ages 17-6). That was in October 2023. In that strike, a second cousin named Mohammad Khader Abu Toha and his wife and their five children were killed (ages 18-2). Look below for more
In my own extended family, Israel killed my first cousin Tahrir and her husband and their five children (ages 17-6). That was in October 2023. In that strike, a second cousin named Mohammad Khader Abu Toha and his wife and their five children were killed (ages 18-2). Look below for more