Even the Pictures

Inside the shelter where 42 families are living, the father did not speak a word. But the mother said that this was the first time they left their home. Even during the war on Gaza in 2008, when the tanks were only 150 meters away from the house, they stayed in their house. They stayed in the house living with fear and hearing the sounds of bombing around the clock. “Life here is not a life. We only eat, drink, breathe, and try to sleep. Here everything is shared by so many, the toilets, the beds, everything — and the sound of the bombing is nonstop. I ask the world: What is the fault of these children to live this life of homelessness?”

Along with the pain of the destruction of her whole family’s life, Isra’ continues to live with the grief of a young woman who has just lost not just her home but also the man she loves, “ There is no taste in life after the death of Saleh. Even the pictures we took together. I don’t have them.” And she cries…

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