‘A city of ghosts’: two Gaza residents return home

“鬼城”:两个加沙居民返回家园

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2025-02-04

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A fragile ceasefire has allowed thousands of people in Gaza to go back to their homes. Two Palestinians explain why it has been bittersweet. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • Today, as a fragile ceasefire holds the people of Gaza who are finally returning to their homes.

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  • The area I was living in, it was.

  • It is called Talel Hawa.

  • It was one of the most beautiful areas in the Gaza Strip, with such beautiful streets, trees, restaurants,

  • that you would just love to walk by the streets

  • because they are clean and nice and the air is very fresh because it's near to the sea.

  • Widyan Shat is an aid worker and a single mother to three children in their teens and early 20s.

  • Before the war, they all lived together in an apartment in the north of Gaza.

  • So we used to enjoy our time very much.

  • We used to appreciate the very simple things in our life.

  • And suddenly things changed.

  • After the hamas attacks of October 7, 2023,

  • when Israeli forces began airstrikes and a ground invasion of Gaza, Gideon and her family were forced to leave.