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Palestine in 2048: Staring into a black mirror

For Gaza Residents, Trauma and Pain Persist After Bombing Subsides

For Gaza Residents, Trauma and Pain Persist After Bombing Subsides Abraham Gutman © Fatima Shbair After 11 days of violence, Israel and Hamas agreed on a truce in Gaza on May 20. Israel is going back to relative normalcy, but things look very different in Gaza. “Even if the war stops, or there is a cease-fire or something, the people still have pain,” Ahmed, a 25-year-old Palestinian dentist in Gaza told me hours before the cease-fire. “We don’t even have a normal life to get back to.” Accounting of the horrors of the conflict in English-language media seems to reveal a stark asymmetry, not only in the level of devastation but also in the type of trauma that is acknowledged. The death of more than 230 Palestinians, including 66 children, and the nearly 2,000 wounded by Israeli bombing is often reported alongside details of Israelis who were “treated for injuries in rocket attacks that caused panic and sent people rushing into shelters.”

Mohammed Moussa – Mondoweiss

Mohammed Moussa writes: “On Wednesday, August 29, Gaza woke up to news of the death of Mohanned Younis in the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City. The 22-year-old short-fiction writer decided to escape this pain-filled place and leave not just his sorrows but also his dreams, ambitions and goals behind. One of the contributing factors to Mohanned’s depression was unique namely, a total rejection from his father. Yet, like all youth in Gaza, he became despondent over the lack of future prospects while living under siege. And when he took his own life, it was as if we had all failed to survive the disappointment; his death sent ripples throughout the Strip.”

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