Satellite images of Gaza from 2023 and 2024 were published recently. A shocking visual of the city's changing face over the span of eight months has emerged. So, what happened in the city as the lights went out?
Memories that couldn't be recorded, elements of oral and written heritage, witnesses of Nakba, elders who knew the names of their villages by heart, scholars, land registry records, official documents, identities, photographs, hobby items, valuables, jewelry, savings, daily household items, clothing, books, etc., many things were irretrievably lost due to Israeli attacks.
Despite all the difficulties and restrictions the city is experiencing, life that continues has turned into a dream belonging to the distant past.
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Fatma Zehra Akman
What do the lights turn off in Gaza tells us?
