"On Friday morning, Abu Salah Khalil thought his biggest challenge that day would be finding his family's next meal. Sitting in Abu Saleh's living room, three generations of his family deliberated over how to feed everyone. The apartment of the 49-year-old father of four in Gaza City's Mushtaha Tower had become a shelter for Abu Salah's family members, including his elderly parents, his brother's family, and his own wife and children 17 people in total."
"The family settled on making maqluba, layered vegetables and rice, but without the meat there wasn't any available. It would be their only meal of the day. Abu Salah's nephew, meanwhile, was nervously studying for his high school graduation exams, due to take place online the next day. For the first time since Israel's war began 22 months ago, Gaza's students would sit for these exams. We woke up to a normal family atmosphere, Abu Salah recalls."
Families sheltered in Gaza City's high-rise apartments are living in overcrowded conditions, with some units hosting entire extended families of displaced people. Food scarcity forces households to prepare meager meals without meat, and essential routines such as students taking exams proceed amid fear. Sudden warnings of imminent bombing give residents only minutes to evacuate, driving waves of homelessness when towers collapse. Residential high-rises that once housed generations and displaced families have become direct targets as military operations intensify around Gaza City, increasing civilian vulnerability and stretching limited humanitarian resources.
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