Maysoon al-Nabahin squeezes out the final little bit of cartoned cheese onto a freshly baked piece of bread, understanding it will likely be the one factor her household of eight will eat that day.
Umm Muhammed, as she’s recognized, fled from a faculty in Bureij the place she, collectively along with her husband and 6 youngsters, had been sheltering after Israeli forces destroyed their dwelling in east Bureij in central Gaza.
The 45-year-old now lives within the crowd of tents round Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah additional south. She’s a petite girl, her face etched with fear, wanting older than her years.
Within the centre of their plastic makeshift tent is a small hearth the place Umm Muhammed is making flatbread on a woodfire saj oven. She’s surrounded by a couple of neatly organized backpacks containing the belongings her household managed to convey, in addition to a pile of blankets, now cleared away to create space for his or her daytime dwelling.
