How a foul smell spreading across Gaza revives scrutiny of Israeli ‘skunk’ spray

LONDON: Hala Alakhsham woke up recently to “a foul, rotten smell in the truest sense of the word,” but the Gaza City cook found nothing after searching her home for the source, she said in an Instagram video on Sept. 23. Turning to social media, she found others across the Palestinian territory describing the same odor. The smell was so pervasive, Alakhsham said, that she began to question whether it was real. She later said she believed, based on reports from other users, that Israeli drones ha