GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Wafaa, 24, was happily married until the recent Israeli war on the Gaza Strip took away her husband, when a building in Sheikh Radwan district north of Gaza City was targeted, leaving her and her one-year-old son behind in the face of an unknown future with no security or protection.
“Life was beautiful when I was with my husband, Assim. Although more than two months have passed since his death, I still feel sad and distressed, now that I have to carry on the journey alone, amid many problems and while all eyes are on me,” she told Al-Monitor, asking her last name not to be revealed for privacy reasons.