Since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel, the Gaza Strip has lived under the threat of bombing by the Israeli army. To survive, Palestinians are sometimes forced to go into exile further south.
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Since the start of Israel’s response against Hamas on October 7, the 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have lived under constant threat of IDF bombings. The latest report from the Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas, shows 9,061 dead and more than 2,000 missing under the rubble. The Israeli army regularly calls on the population to move out of the areas targeted by the strikes.
On Wednesday, November 1, radio, internet and telephone communications were once again interrupted in most of the territory. “We will have to get used to being an isolated people”, worries Yousef Hammash, 31, director and head of advocacy for the Norwegian Refugee Council organization. He left his home in Khan Younes to go to Rafah, further south in the Gaza Strip, on the border with Egypt, where the telephone network works.
When the days are “all the same”
Yousef clarifies that he has stopped counting the days. “They are all the same, he said. We survive the day, we are horrified by the night.” To the north of the enclave, the Jabalya refugee camp was devastated by Israeli strikes mid-week, causing numerous casualties. A bombing which made it possible to“eliminate” a senior Hamas leader, according to Israel.
In a press release, the terrorist organization announced 200 civilian deaths and at least 777 injured. “Our heart is destroyed, laments Yousef Hammash, who was born and raised in this camp. What do you want to say to your children when you yourself no longer have the strength to believe it…” “A war that kills thousands of children has no winner”, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child estimated this Wednesday.