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Story 2: Living in a Cave After the Israeli occupation demolished their home, Fadl Al-Hamameh and his family sought refuge in an underground cave on their land in southern Gaza. Despite the destructio…

Story 2: Living in a Cave
After the Israeli occupation demolished their home, Fadl Al-Hamameh and his family sought refuge in an underground cave on their land in southern Gaza. Despite the destruction and ongoing bombardment, Fadl refused to leave his land, declaring, “This land is our identity. If we leave it, we lose everything.”

In the cave, the Al-Hamameh family carries on with their daily life in the simplest way possible. Meals are prepared on makeshift stoves, and water is drawn from nearby wells. “We try to live as normally as we can,” Fadl says, “but staying on this land is our message to the generations to come.”