Survival Amid Ruins: The Al-Kahlout Family's Resilience in Gaza

In the war-torn Gaza Strip, the Al-Kahlout family has returned to the rubble of their destroyed home in Beit Lahia. Overcrowded and impoverished, Gaza has been further devastated by an Israeli offensive. Despite losing a son and facing harsh living conditions, the family persists in their shattered community.

In the Gaza Strip, where more than 90% of Palestinians have fled their homes often multiple times, the Al-Kahlout family has sought refuge in the rubble of their destroyed house in Beit Lahia.

Their five-storey building, now reduced to pulverized cement, a floor, and a few pieces of furniture, once witnessed the children of Umm Nael and her husband Ismail Ahmed Al-Kahlout grow up. Gaza, already impoverished before the conflict, now lies in even deeper devastation after the loss of their son in the ongoing conflict.

Amidst the relentless Israeli offensive triggered by a Hamas cross-border raid, which claimed 1,200 lives per Israeli counts, more than 40,000 people have been killed and over 92,000 wounded according to Gaza authorities. The family, like tens of thousands of others, has nowhere safe to go. Despite attacks on schools, the Al-Kahlouts prefer the fragile safety of their ruined home.

(With inputs from agencies.)