‘I knew these giants, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Qreiqeh and Anas al-Sharif’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Deir el-Balah, Gaza – The first time I met Mohammed Qreiqeh was at al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on January 31 when we had just returned from southern Gaza to the north.

I went to Al Jazeera’s media tent at the hospital, where he was. Photographer Abdel “Abed” Hakim and I introduced ourselves, and we all chatted – about the situation, the war and our displacement to the south.

At the time, Anas al-Sharif was doing a live report.

I felt a warm sense of familiarity. I was finally…