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Life in Gaza since the Ceasefire

(Ha'aretz) Sheren Falah Saab - One month into the ceasefire in Gaza, Maha, 37, a mother of two from Deir al-Balah, says, "Life is not back to normal." She points out that many of the houses in Gaza are in ruins, schools are not functioning, and the residents have no routine. Asma, 40, says that unlike in central Gaza, where one can still find buildings that are not entirely destroyed, in northern Gaza - in Gaza City, Jabalya, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia - "life looks like it's in the Stone Age. People don't want to risk going back north because there are no houses there, and the rubble everywhere makes it difficult to pitch tents." "We still have to stand in line to fill water cans; there's a constant shortage of electricity; and people who live in tents have to face the rain and the cold nights." Some of her friends prefer to remain in Gaza and hold on at all costs, while some say that if they have a decent opportunity to leave to a country that gives them rights, they will do so. Gazans claim that in recent days, the IDF has been operating drones in northern Gaza that play a recording in Arabic saying: "Hamas and Al-Qassam [Hamas's military wing] have brought a Nakba [catastrophe] on you, and if you don't wake up from your apathy, they will bring a second and third Nakba on you."
2025-02-25 00:00:00
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