How to plan a wedding when you don’t know what tomorrow will bring
In Gaza, weddings have become acts of defiance. Couples marry in tents and rebuild, choosing love despite suffering.
![Palestinian couples participate in a mass wedding ceremony in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on April 24, 2026 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26114659785702-1789115352.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
In Gaza, weddings have become acts of defiance. Couples marry in tents and rebuild, choosing love despite suffering.
![Palestinian couples participate in a mass wedding ceremony in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on April 24, 2026 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26114659785702-1789115352.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets his British counterpart Tony Blair in Jerusalem November 1, 2001. [FILE: Natalie Behring/ Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2001-11-01T000000Z_599136300_RP2DRIPVYRAA_RTRMADP_3_MIDEAST-BLAIR-1789134233.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





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