In Gaza, the death toll has exceeded 30,000, according to the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry. Almost the entire population of Gaza – 2.2 million Palestinians – are threatened with famine, according to the UN. Nearly five months of war later, the devastated enclave continues to be plunged into a major humanitarian crisis.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Sami Boukhelifa
Nearly five months of war. “ When will this nightmare end ? », asks Zakaria, contacted in the Gaza Strip. Father of a family, he fights for the survival of his family. He describes the bombings, the increasingly scarce food, the diseases, the infections, the lack of medicine and especially exhaustion. “ You can live in hell, but you can’t sleep there “, he blurted.
“ Tell you it’s hard? It’s much worse than that. It’s indescribable, unimaginable. But we endure, and we accept. We just move from one region to another, constantly. Right now, we’re in Rafah, and the Israelis are probably preparing to attack Rafah. If this is our fate, may God protect us », confides Zakaria.
“ We feel this fear, but it will all pass eventually »
In Rafah, as in the rest of the Palestinian enclave, the worry is high. With a difficult connection, the population nevertheless tries to follow events abroad. Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, rumors of a truce, then rumors of a new Israeli ground offensive. “ Every day, we hear everything and its opposite “, says Zakaria, who remains hopeful despite everything.
“ This war will eventually end. Yes, when we are immersed in it, we feel this fear, we see this destruction, the death, the torn bodies, but all this will eventually pass », he hopes. In Gazaeveryone is praying for an end to the fighting before the start of Ramadan, in around ten days.
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