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Scrambling for stability in Gaza
The Monitor鈥檚 Gaza correspondent Ghada Abdulfattah paints a powerful portrait today of her fellow Palestinians as they work 鈥� and work 鈥� to create some semblance of order or home amid the mountains of debris that surround them. Much of it is the remains of buildings they once called home 鈥� and making a dent in it, without proper equipment, is daunting.
鈥淲alking in Jabalia, there is a symphony of people removing the rubble and throwing it outside,鈥� says Naim Khader al-Saidi. With a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire hanging by a thread, Palestinians in Gaza are scrambling for certainty and survival.
