For 15 long months, the people of Gaza have endured a brutal genocidal war.
We’ve lost loved ones, homes and any sense of normalcy.
But as talks of a potential ceasefire grow, hope flickers that it might take effect before US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.
Our eyes remain glued to our phones, scrolling through news – both real and fake – waiting for the announcement. We long to hear the word “ceasefire” spoken aloud, a fragile sense of relief after all the death we have witnessed.
Reports of progress in negotiations spark fleeting celebrations, with cheers rising from makeshift tents, schoolyards and partially destroyed houses where 1.9 million people – 90 percent of Gaza’s population – have been forced to find shelter. …..more
