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“We no longer know what to save first. Everything is essential and everything is soaked,” Afnan said. Standing was exhausting, sitting was impossible, and nothing warmed the body except movement, but there was not even enough space to move.”

“The psychological trauma is just as real for animals as it is for people. Many cats shake uncontrollably after airstrikes. Some lose their appetite for days. They develop symptoms just like humans under extreme stress.”

When I finally reached the hotel, I felt life again: electricity, lit streets, unlimited water, and all kinds of food … But I could barely eat…The guilt of having all this while my family had nothing was unbearable.

“We lived three months in constant fear; we slept dressed, ready to run.” Mohammed stopped counting the displacements. “We moved from east Gaza to the middle, then Rafah, then back again – more than ten times.”