Diaa Al-Kahlout, the veteran Gaza bureau chief for the Qatari London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, had been covering the Israel-Gaza war for two months when he became part of the news. On December 7, Diaa Al-Kahlout was detained along with members of his family by Israeli forces in a mass arrest in Beit Lahya in northern Gaza. Over 33 days in Israeli custody, he said he was interrogated about his journalism and subjected to physical and psychological mistreatment. “Given the scale of the genocide, the lack of empathy has been striking. I’ve been working in journalism since 2004 and have …