How one Israeli artist uses cartoons to voice the pain of the Gaza hostage families

It was only a short while after the 7 October attack when illustrator and cartoonist Michel Kichka sat at his desk and began drawing. 'I understood that I am betraying my responsibility,' he says. 'I forced myself to react'

It was only a short while after the 7 October attack when illustrator and cartoonist Michel Kichka sat at his desk and began drawing. "As a political cartoonist, I couldn't allow myself to sit in silence until I recover, like other artists did."

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