Overview

• Prominent Palestinian poet and academic Refaat Alareer was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City along with several family members.
• Alareer was a professor at the Islamic University of Gaza and co-founder of the 'We Are Not Numbers' project, which provides writing workshops for young Palestinians.
• Alareer had stirred controversy by comparing Hamas's attacks on Israel to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
• Despite the danger, Alareer chose to remain in his home town Shujayea in northern Gaza during the Israeli bombardment.
• His death has been met with tributes from around the world, with many remembering his contributions to literature and his efforts to humanize the struggles of people in Gaza.