I have been haunted by survivor’s guilt ever since leaving Gaza for medical treatment in November 2023.

The feeling is relentless.

I try to shake it off through contacting my loved ones in northern Gaza.

They include my dear friend Yousef. I am trying to support him in whatever way possible.

That is far from easy: I am receiving chemotherapy, which leaves me exhausted and often stuck in a hospital bed.

On 17 December last year, I received a heart-wrenching message from Yousef. “My father was killed,” he told me….more