When the guns fall quiet, Gaza is left with the ache of survival and the wounds that peace can’t heal.


Refaat Ibrahim is a Palestinian writer from Gaza. He writes about humanitarian, social, economic and political issues related to Palestine.
When the guns fall quiet, Gaza is left with the ache of survival and the wounds that peace can’t heal.

My friend Nader was killed at a GHF site. I want those responsible for his murder held to account.

For the first time in many years, education in Gaza is only accessible to the well-to-do.

The war has destroyed my community, my city, my sense of belonging and has left me in a state of deep alienation.
