Israeli writer Grossman denounces Gaza 'genocide'
Rome, Italy
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Award-winning Israeli author David Grossman called his country's campaign in Gaza "genocide" and said he was using the term with a "broken heart."
This came days after a major Israeli rights group also used the same term, amid growing global alarm over starvation in the besieged territory.
"For many years, I refused to use that term: 'genocide'," the prominent writer and peace activist told Italian daily La Repubblica in an interview published on Friday.
"But now, after the images I have seen and after talking to people who were there, I can't help using it."
Grossman told the paper he was using the word "with immense pain and with a broken heart."
"This word is an avalanche: once you say it, it just gets bigger, like an avalanche. And it adds even more destruction and suffering," he said.
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