A year after the October 2023 cease-fire, Israeli strikes continue in Gaza, killing over 1,400 more people according to local health officials. Palestinians are striving to rebuild their lives from the debris, scavenging materials like clay from bomb craters and concrete from rubble to construct homes and revive businesses. Despite the destruction of 80% of Gaza’s buildings and the displacement of hundreds of thousands into tent camps, residents are finding ways to create normalcy.
Some are converting broken concrete into bricks, while others extract iron from damaged buildings for new construction. Weddings, once extravagant, are now modest affairs held in displacement camps or schools. Saeed Kafarneh, 21, saved for months by doing odd jobs and selling aid supplies to fund his wedding in a central Gaza camp, symbolizing resilience amid ongoing hardship.
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