Palestinian woman raises kids alone after losing husband in Israeli airstrike

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After a two -year war, many displaced, and the loss of both her husband and father, has become an endless struggle to survive the life of Lamis Dub in Gaza.

“This is undeniable,” the 31 -year -old mother of two men said about the war, which is destroying the Palestinian territory.

“Friday, October 6, 2023, the last day before the war, was a beautiful day.”

His oldest daughter, Swor, had just started kindergarten, and Deb was watching her apartment every afternoon in Sheikh Radwan, a middle -class neighborhood north of Gaza city.

His son Amin, then three, “I was taking up all the time”, Deb said, who often brought him to the nearby sea.

The DIB had studied to become a social worker, but no job was found in the economy before the poor war in Gaza, which was partially blocking Israeli blockade since 2007.

But she had built a “happy family” with her husband, an accountant, who made sure she had “never lacking anything”.

In October 2023, Israeli strikes were one of the earliest.

According to the Ministry of Health data, which considers the United Nations reliable, the Israeli military campaign has killed at least 66,225 Palestinians in Gaza, who consider the UN to be reliable.

Destruction in Gaza is very wide, in which the whole palaces are flattered and millions of tons of debris are now covered in areas where families lived once.

Buildings, hospitals, schools, water and sanitation systems have faced Israeli attacks, and humanitarian results have been severe for more than two million people in the area.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Ghazans have launched shelters, temporary camps and open areas, lacking basic reservations.

‘Race against death’

When the area of ​​the Dub was targeted, he and his family fled to the nearby district, before leaving for North Gaza for Khan University city in the south.

“The most difficult day of our lives,” Dub said, describing their long campaign along the torn roads and through military checkpoints.

He and his children have been displaced 11 times after a fight between Israel and Hamas anger.

“Every move was against death, under airstrikes,” he said.

When the family moved to the southern city of Rafa for a time, there was a routine of shortage and crowds.

He said, “For six months, in Rafa, 30 of us slept in the same room without toilets. We had difficult to express what we felt: imprisonment, non -stop air strikes, hunger, thirst, lack of hygiene and complete absence of privacy,” he said.

In August 2024, the family was living in the central Gaza refugee camp, when the dub’s life changed once again.

“At 6pm on Friday, my husband and my father were on the roof with five young men from the family, when we heard a missile and saw smoke,” he said.

“I ran to the roof, and this scene was unimaginable. They were all dead.

“My husband’s body was intact, I thought she was alive. I tried to awaken her, but was killed in her head. And then I found my father’s body. […] His hand was blown up. “

‘A little peace’

From that day, the dub had to take care of his children only, when life was the most difficult in Gaza.

She went to a camp in Al -Zawida’s tent, where thousands of Palestinians share the same harsh daily life, live under the air -blowing tarps, backed down the summer heat and leaked during winter rains.

“Everything is difficult,” he said inside his shelter.

Although his friends may appeal to his ancestors or husbands for help, the DIB should face the endless financial difficulties.

The UN says that in May 2025, Israel made it easier to block the supply of supplies imposed in March, but since then humanitarian aid has not been enough.

“Our children were robbed of education, food and ordinary life,” he said, while studying the knees.

Sometimes, they see pictures of their father and relatives who are killed during the war on a dub phone.

“We will return home,” he said. “We’ll rebuild it, but we just want a little comfort.”

Like his mother, Sovers and Amin are mostly engaged with survival, which has been entrusted with the task of filling the family’s jarren at a temporary water station near the tent.

Their Lord, the results of the war can end airstrikes.

The United Nations Agency for Children, UNICEF, estimates that every child in Gaza needs psychological help in Gaza.