Israel has ravaged Gaza in its war against the Palestinian enclave. (Credit: Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)
Noor al-Yacoubi, 25, a translator and media coordinator at a research center, has not left Gaza since the early days of the Israel's devastating war on the besieged enclave, which broke out after Hamas' al-Aqsa Flood operation of Oct. 7, 2023. After the cease-fire took effect, she started keeping a diary for L’Orient-Le Jour, documenting her thoughts and feelings as the bombs fell silent for the first time in over a year. Read more Diaries from Gaza: 'The house is empty now, just like me' Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025Days ago, I begged my husband, Mohammed, to take me and our two-year-old daughter, Lya, to see the sea for the first time since the cease-fire began. I wanted her to experience Gaza’s beautiful coastline, even if she was too young to understand its significance.He used to refuse because it's far, and transportation...
Noor al-Yacoubi, 25, a translator and media coordinator at a research center, has not left Gaza since the early days of the Israel's devastating war on the besieged enclave, which broke out after Hamas' al-Aqsa Flood operation of Oct. 7, 2023. After the cease-fire took effect, she started keeping a diary for L’Orient-Le Jour, documenting her thoughts and feelings as the bombs fell silent for the first time in over a year. Read more Diaries from Gaza: 'The house is empty now, just like me' Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025Days ago, I begged my husband, Mohammed, to take me and our two-year-old daughter, Lya, to see the sea for the first time since the cease-fire began. I wanted her to experience Gaza’s beautiful coastline, even if she was too young to understand its significance.He used to refuse because it's far, and...