refaat alareer spoke to democracy now! in october as israeli strikes rattled his family's home in gaza city. >> thousands of israeli bombs and shells targeting all areas of the gaza strip. the kids can't sleep. the kids can't eat, they can't even speak most of the time they are just silent, shaking out of fear. sometimes whimpering because of how close the bombs are wherever you are in gaza. amy: we will hear more of our interview with refaat alareer after headlines and speak with jehad abusalim, executive director of the jerusalem fund and former student of refaat alareer. an anti-tank missile fired by hezbollah fighters in lebanon killed an israeli civilian on thursday. the cross-border attack prompted retaliatory fire from israeli tanks and helicopter gunships. prime minister benjamin netanyahu threatened to reduce lebanon's capital beirut to rubble if hezbollah increases its cross-border attacks. >> if hezbollah chooses to start an all-out war, then it will by its own hand, turned beirut in southern lebanon into gaza a

amy: that was refaat alareer, who was killed in gaza by an israeli airstrike that killed his brother,d four of her daughters. this is scottish actor brian cox the famous for succession, just nominated for a number of emmy's career reading refaat alareer's poem "if i must die" in a video that has gone viral. >> if i must die you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings make it white with a long tail so that a child, somewhere in gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze and bid no one farewell not even to his flesh not even to himself sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love if i must die let it bring hope let it be a tale. amy: scottish actor brian cox reciting refaat alareer's poem "if i must die" in the video produced by the palestine festival of literature. masha gessen, if you can comment on both what refaat alareer and you are saying about the warsaw ghetto and the significance of him dying in this strike like so many other palestinians

yesterday, celebrated poet and palestinian academic refaat al-areer was killed in an airstrike at hiscity. two years ago, during the may 2021, conflict, newshour's john yang spoke to al-areer by phone. >> we believe our struggle is part of a global struggle, the historical struggle around the world of the indigenous peoples around the world. amna: on october 10th, al-areer had given this interview to reuters. >> israel wants us out of palestine or kneeling in submission, in total subjugation. palestinians are looking forward to a future with equal freedom, equal rights and freedom, and that is not much to ask. amna: after news of his death broke, fellow palestinian poet mosab abu toha shared al-areer's last poem called "if i must die." >> if i must die, you must live to tell my story. amna: in the occupied west bank, 6 more dead after a gunfight following a israeli raid on the faara refugee camp. military raids here have surged dramatically since the october seven hamas attack beard -- 7 mass attack. in tel aviv the wail of sirens sends crowds running for shelters as hamas continues t