I am writing this story from Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip. I type on my laptop and phone with my left hand now. On 9 October 2023, I lost sensation in my right hand following an Israeli bombing.
That day, my mother had asked me to go to the market to buy some eggs.
I walked from our home in the Intelligence Towers (al-Ibraj al-Mukhabarat) in northern Gaza City to the market.
This was when you could still buy eggs. And even though there were bombings, we knew we had to eat, and the market was crowded with others buying fruit and vegetables.
On the walk home, I heard an explosion and screaming. I fell to the ground and saw that others had fallen to the ground around me as well. Then, I lost consciousness. When I woke up it was a day later and I was at the hospital. I was shocked to discover that I couldn’t move my hand. ….more
