From Gaza to Tehran, Palestinians and Iranians compare life under the bombs (www.middleeasteye.net)
from pete_link@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 17 Mar 14:09
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March 17, 2026

Civilians covered in dust. Blood-stained school bags. Hospitals turned into military targets.

These stark scenes from the war on Iran mirror, many Iranians now say, those in Gaza they once watched on their screens.

For Palestinians, the images from Iran are hauntingly familiar. Successive air strikes on civilian infrastructure. Scores of deaths. Scenes that force them to relive more than two years of genocide.

“If this war continues for a few more days, nothing will remain of Tehran,” says Hamed, 31, speaking to Middle East Eye in the Iranian capital.

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