Author: Maram Humaid
Published on: 24/10/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Hiba al-Yazji and her husband Mohammad have been through hell and back in the past two years. They have lost dozens of family members – killed in Israeli attacks. Their homes are gone. And now they’re waiting, not sure what the future will bring them and their 10-year-old daughter, Iman. The family arrived back in northern Gaza last Saturday, a few days after the ceasefire began. Mohammad lost 36 relatives, including his parents, six siblings and their children and wives. Hiba’s younger brother, who survived the initial attack, was killed a month later in particularly harrowing circumstances. Israeli tanks advanced near the home of a relative that Hibba and mohammad had moved into after the first attack. Mohammad and Hiba left Gaza City to go south, as Israeli tanks approached. But they found life there in displacement camps, away from everything they knew, to be unbearable. After the Israeli advance on Gaza City called off as a result of the ceasefire, they decided to return. Hiba and Mohammad often sit together, mourning their fate, unable to comprehend why all this happened. “If I stay alive, I’ll leave Gaza the moment the crossings open. There’s no life here,” she said quietly. “I keep asking my husband if we had started this war ourselves, would we deserve such punishment?” she said.
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