Queuing for water and phone charging: What survival looks like in Gaza

Submitted by Maha Hussaini on Tue, 10/06/2026 - 13:15 As Israel's genocide enters its fourth year, daily life for Palestinians has been reduced to finding food and water while coping with loss and displacement Nearly two years after Raja al-Shawish's husband went missing at an Israeli checkpoint, she says she no longer feels like a woman. Since his disappearance, she has had to bear the responsibility of raising her children alone, from the moment she wakes up, until the time she goes to sleep.