'We Will Not Be Silent:' Hearing Stilled Voices of the Gaza Genocide

September 9, 2025

Kathy Kelly

n his last minutes of freedom before Israel Defense Forces arrested him, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, clad in a medic's white coat, walked alone toward two Israeli tanks. His captors awaited him amid the rubble of Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital. An artist swiftly created a dramatic poster showing Dr. Safiya striding through the ruins of the hospital he directed. The artist, David Solnit, recently updated the poster's caption. It now reads: Free Dr. Abu Safiya Eight months in prison Dec. 27, 2024 - August 27, 2025.

Relatives of Ahmad Al-Shayah, a journalist killed in Israeli drone attack on a charity facility, carry his shrouded body which they laid a blue press vest on, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza on January 16, 2025.

(Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)