Gaza: 'Neither war nor peace' – Palestinians describe lives changed beyond recognition
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Ahmed Ishtaiwi has six chairs. They are cheap, plastic and battered. But for the 43-year-old driver and mechanic, they are among his most valuable possessions.
Three years after the 7 October attacks by Hamas and the Israeli offensive that followed, Palestinians in Gaza say their lives have changed beyond recognition. Many describe an existence that is neither war nor peace — amid disease, despair and ruins.
Ishtaiwi's story reflects that reality. His six chairs, worn as they are, remain one of the few things he has left.