Five months after a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, airstrikes are still killing civilians, and the humanitarian situation remains dire
There is little left that connects Palestinians in Gaza with their prewar existence. The contours of life have become darker and far more brutal, as if the population has been stripped of its past.
“Drones never stop buzzing overhead, gunfire and shelling continue almost daily and naval boats fire towards fishermen,” said 56-year-old Ahmed Baroud, a father of five displaced in Deir al-Balah.
Seventeen months after the war in Gaza began, and five months after a ceasefire was announced, airstrikes are still killing civilians and the humanitarian situation remains dire. Health authorities said six people were killed and four others injured early on Sunday by an Israeli airstrike on al-Mawasi area in western Khan Younis.
While the world’s eyes are fixed on Iran, everyday life in the streets and markets of the territory is fearful and drained of colour. People with exhausted faces queue for food and other supplies amid the ruins of destroyed buildings. Muddy waters course through displacement camps.
