Gaza strip
Muhammed Hammud – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel prevents the entry of fuel, electricity, water, and food and continues with intense attacks, are fighting for survival in extremely difficult conditions.
Despite intense Israeli artillery bombardment and airstrikes that have caused great destruction in residential areas and infrastructure in Gaza, displaced families in the south of the Gaza Strip are trying to survive in difficult conditions.
One of the houses destroyed in the Israeli attack on the Al-Shabura refugee camp in the city of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, belonged to the al-Robayaa family. This Palestinian family lives today in extremely difficult conditions in the ruins of their house, which was bombed about two weeks ago.
Father of the al-Robayaa‘s, who is trying to protect his family amid the rubble of Gaza, said their house was bombed after dinner and nothing was left.
“We searched for our things. When I couldn’t find anything, I found a metal pipe that I used to make a flute. We will not give up hope in life. Life is beautiful, we must live. We are people who love life, I play to give relief to my children,” he said.
Although the al-Robayaa family house is destroyed and only ruins remain, the father of the al-Robayaa utters a very powerful sentence while sitting on the ruins of his former home: “Whatever they do, I will not leave my house, I will continue to sit here.”
The mother of the al-Robayaa said that their house was completely destroyed.
“Our house was bombed and there was no longer a place for 12 members of our family to stay. We took shelter in the school because we could not take any things from the house. However, the lack of hygiene in the school forced us to return to our destroyed house,” she said.
On the other hand, there are many Palestinians trying to survive in schools in the south of the Gaza Strip, where thousands of people from various parts of Gaza have taken refuge due to Israeli attacks and threats.
Palestinians gathered in front of one of the schools in the south of the region to try to make bread and falafel, the region’s local food.
A Palestinian woman, who is in one of the schools full of displaced Palestinians, described the difficulties they face as follows:
“We were displaced and bombed. They destroyed our houses. We walked from north to south with all the members of our family, including our children.”
Stating that she came here from the neighborhood of Es-Saftavi in northern Gaza, the Palestinian woman said she helped a group of young people at school who were preparing and distributing falafel sandwiches to displaced Palestinians.
“The people of Gaza are rebuilding their lives,” said the Palestinian woman, AA reports.
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