Diaries from Gaza: 'Every day, I fear the extension of the yellow line will reach my neighborhood'

Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old media coordinator at a local research center, translator, and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today since the beginning of the war in Gaza and following the cease-fire.Every time I feel that Gaza is finally beginning to regain some stability, chaos returns. Every time I experience a moment of relief, fear comes back and overwhelms my heart. And every time I feel that my family's return has become closer than ever before, we suddenly find ourselves pushed thousands of steps backward.For three consecutive years, I have been asking myself the same question: are we the only people in the world destined to suffer? And how much longer will this agony continue?Since the beginning of the cease-fire...