A decimated Gaza marks the end of another year of Israeli bombs
Al Jazeera
Nobody relaxes too much in the fleeting moments of near-normalcy because they know these can disappear at any time.
Over the past year, Gaza’s infrastructure has been subjected to a devastating reality.
What once functioned under strain has been pushed beyond the point of collapse. Electricity networks, water systems, hospitals, roads and municipal services have been systematically destroyed or severely damaged, leaving daily life defined by survival.
It is not unusual for families to plan their days around the sound of generators, if fuel is available at all. Parents and children queue for hours for a few litres of unsafe water or a pack of bread.
Hospitals operate in near darkness, doctors performing life-saving procedures using mobile phones for light. Streets that once carried children to school are reduced to rubble.
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