GAZA, (PIC)
After 471 days of Israeli war of genocide and brutal killing, the Gaza war has come to an end, and the residents breathe a sigh of relief. However, the scenes of massive destruction in residential neighborhoods are shocking, but determination will overcome this dark reality. Citizens have pledged to rebuild it more beautifully and vibrantly, as they see the Gaza Strip as a heart and soul that they inhabit but does not inhabit them.
Israel has destroyed all manifestations of human life: mosques, schools, homes, roads, and infrastructure, turning it into an unlivable city, mistakenly believing it would break the Gazans’ will and determination, but it has failed.
Residents are shocked by the extent of the destruction, the horror of the devastation, and the brutality of the widespread death. Yet, hope rises within them, as what has happened is nothing in comparison to the most sacred cause in the world. They may wonder when the pain will end, when the suffering will cease, when the tents will be uprooted, and when reconstruction will begin. These are significant questions that indicate the war is over, but suffering is not yet.
Citizens have decided to stay and defy the odds, continuing life.
Citizen Muath Abu Mustafa Abu Bakr states that the occupation destroyed his home in the Al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Yunis, and he now lives in a tent across from it. He adds that the war has certainly ended, and death and killing have passed, but suffering continues, emphasizing that they have decided to live and confront it. He affirmed that those who have lived through the horrors of genocide will challenge suffering and pain, awaiting a new dawn that has begun to rise.
In the same neighborhood, citizens started preparing what is known as arches for prayers, after the occupation destroyed the Hassan al-Banna Mosque, one of thousands of mosques that have been demolished.
Young man Fahd Wadi, one of those responsible for the mosque, states that the occupation destroyed the mosques “to sever our connection to them, but it has failed and will continue to fail, as the entire land is filled with mosques.”
As for citizen Abir Al-Bayram, she confirmed that the end of the war for her does not mean the end of her suffering, as her sister Nahla is still among the war’s missing, whose number exceeds 11,000. She says her suffering will end when the fate of her missing sister is revealed.
The genocide that lasted 15 months during which Israel did what no one could imagine has left immense pain and suffering. However, renewed hope and strong will stand like a flood that extinguishes the fire of anguish.
