Over a year ago, before 7 October 2023 and before this nightmare, my family in Gaza and I had a simple life full of ambitions and goals.
I was a student in high school, and the school year had just begun. I planned to do my best, study hard and strive to achieve the highest grades in my class.
I had a dream and intended to pursue it.
But I didn’t know that I live in a territory where we don’t have the right to dream or plan.
On the first day of this bloody war, we thought that it would only last days and the nightmare would soon end. So I worked hard and studied the math lesson that I took two days before the war.
On 9 October 2023, there was an Israeli bombing in front of our building on al-Nasr street in Gaza City. It was a day full of terror. ….more
