GAZA, (PIC)
Despite the immense destruction that has affected all of Gaza, and the devastated streets and buildings that have turned into ruins, citizens are trying to return to life, affirming their refusal to surrender to the scenes of death and devastation.
Scenes that can only evoke astonishment and admiration: shops with damaged walls and cracked facades have reopened their doors, cafes are filled with patrons, taxis are back on the shattered streets, and police are deployed to manage traffic on the ruined roads, as if challenging the effects of aggression.
Determination to live despite the tragedy
In the streets of Gaza City, a falafel vendor stands among the wreckage of his shop, lovingly preparing sandwiches, while a famous pastry shop displays its goods despite a shortage of raw materials. Ice cream, which has always symbolized the Gaza summer, is once again cooling the hearts of children who have grown up to the sound of bombings, as if the people of Gaza are telling the world: “We will live despite the pain, and we will rebuild despite the destruction.”
A scene that defiles displacement plans
In light of the systematic destruction the region has witnessed, the occupation aimed to turn Gaza into an uninhabitable city, but it did not realize that its people cling to their land as roots cling to the soil.
This determination has thwarted all plans that wagered on displacing Gaza’s residents and breaking their will. “We are no longer afraid… We live because life is our right, and we will not leave because this is our land,” says one shop owner who has reopened despite the severe damage.
Hope born from the rubble
Despite the pain left by the war, children can be seen playing among the ruins, and workers are rearranging their goods amid the smell of dust and gunpowder. This is Gaza, rising again after every aggression, bringing life back to its streets with the hands of its people. The city they wanted to erase quickly regained its pulse, as if sending a message to the world: “We are here, and we will stay here.”
What is happening in Gaza today is not just a return to life; it is a true victory over the war machine, a setback to plans aimed at uprooting people from their land. It is a lesson in resilience and determination that the people of Gaza present to the world: that life is stronger than death, and will is stronger than destruction.
