Ibtissam el-Zeinati, a survivor of the war in Gaza, receiving treatment in Beirut on Oct.25 in Hamra. (Credit: Lucile Wassermann/OLJ)
Staring fixedly at the television screen, Ibtissam el-Zeinati follows the descent into hell of the residents of northern Gaza. The 38-year-old Palestinian woman, her eyes hollow with exhaustion, may have escaped and has been living since mid-September in a quiet hotel in Hamra, Beirut, but her heart remains in Jabalia, a refugee camp "known for its resistance." Since the Israeli army resumed its siege on Oct. 6, the wounds have reopened. "Two days ago, Israeli soldiers entered my brother's house and arrested him, along with my brother-in-law and uncles. We haven’t heard from them since," she says on Oct. 25, sitting on her bed with a sheet draped over her legs, describing herself as a "mother of martyrs." Read more Displaced still on the streets of Beirut, now under the rain In Beirut, thanks to the Abu Sitta FundIn the next room,...
Staring fixedly at the television screen, Ibtissam el-Zeinati follows the descent into hell of the residents of northern Gaza. The 38-year-old Palestinian woman, her eyes hollow with exhaustion, may have escaped and has been living since mid-September in a quiet hotel in Hamra, Beirut, but her heart remains in Jabalia, a refugee camp "known for its resistance." Since the Israeli army resumed its siege on Oct. 6, the wounds have reopened. "Two days ago, Israeli soldiers entered my brother's house and arrested him, along with my brother-in-law and uncles. We haven’t heard from them since," she says on Oct. 25, sitting on her bed with a sheet draped over her legs, describing herself as a "mother of martyrs." Read more Displaced still on the streets of Beirut, now under the rain In Beirut, thanks to the Abu Sitta FundIn the next...