Pic Courtesy: Friends of Palestine
By Hassen Lorgat
We all know they killed Shireen, Refaat/
and over 200 of your comrades /
This was confirmed by the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate/
/Their regular reports have used up all the synonyms …
To tell the story of those who have fallen from history’s page/
We all know they kill journalists, don’t we?
In your case, Hassan Aslih/
They sent an assassin drone to finish the job/
That was when you lay in your bed at the surgical unit
of Al Nasser Medical Complex/ in the town of Khan Younis/
You were recovering from their first attack on you
…and together with others,/Patients and staff/
Slain
/Collective punishment/
…mere collateral damage/
We all know who is perpetrating the Palestinian Genocide, don’t we?
The Occupying forces celebrated their attack/Your fall/
That it took place in the home of healers – a public hospital/
Does not count
The assassins justified their kill/
/ “a targeted attack on key terrorists …Hassan Abdel Fattah Mohammed Aslih/
We all know that they assassinate unarmed intellectuals, don’t we?
They starved the people of Gaza but even in hunger
They feared you
Whilst they kept praising their hand-picked journalists/
/ who embed with them/
only to give birth to more lies/ denials of the enduring genocide/
We all know that they kill journalists, don’t we?
Aslih had a large following
especially since October 7 / when he reported from the frontlines/
every platform was his home/ but this was too much for them/
In the early hours of past midnight Aslih wrote on Telegram/
/The occupation’s planes attacked again in Gaza City/
… he was their prime target
We all know which is the most immoral army in the world, don’t we?
They killed the messenger
But the message lives on
A few have already picked up the fallen pen/
/Watered the fresh grave
…and after silently writing defiant obituaries/ write on….
Can our almighty forgive them, when they know what they do?
The message lives on
/It is getting out/ at last even the mainstream is beginning to call it out/
The light at the end of the tunnels flicker shines light
…to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, creeping into the West Bank…
We promise to fight alongside you, until the doves of freedom soar over the bruised Palestinian skies
27.5.25 hassl
