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Gaza diary

Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, recounts life in Gaza since Israel declared a siege. Since early March 2024, Ziad has taken a break from writing, but he and his sister are safe and in touch with Guardian editors

6 March 2024

  • A Palestinian girl in a yellow coat holds flat breads

    Gaza diary part 48: ‘Oh my God, you are alive!’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, hears from a friend for the first time in five months and finds a seed of hope after days of being unable to leave his room

21 February 2024

  • A displaced Palestinian child holds out a bowl of grain in the street

    Gaza diary part 47: ‘Children have gotten really old recently, their innocence stolen’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, talks about the toll the war is taking on Gaza’s children, the exorbitant cost of nappies, and learns one of his cats has given birth

15 February 2024

  • Palestinian children try to eat from a single bowl inside the tent as Palestinians, trying to live in makeshift tents they set up, are viewed in Rafah, Gaza on February 14, 2024. Palestinians who fled from Israeli attacks and sought refuge in Rafah city, located in the southern Gaza Strip, are facing immense challenges in their struggle for survival. The overcrowded conditions in the city have forced some families to reside in tents, and despite the cold weather, many displaced Palestinians are grappling with a shortage of beds and blankets. The dire situation underscores the urgent need for assistance and support in ensuring the well-being of these vulnerable populations. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Gaza diary part 46: ‘I have been sick for almost a week. Is it because of the half-rotten food we are eating?’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, imagines the luxury of gifting a whole box of Valentine’s day chocolates, while in Gaza there is almost no food to eat

7 February 2024

  • A donkey drawing a cart moves past the ruins of Palestinian houses destroyed in Israeli strikes.

    Gaza diary part 45: ‘I can’t believe I am in a car – I ask the driver what he uses for fuel’

    As he has to rehome their pregnant cat, Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, thinks of all the other painful ‘decisions’ he has had to make, and a night-time trip to the toilet reveals an unpleasant surprise

5 February 2024

  • A person walks through ankle-deep water.

    Gaza diary part 44: ‘The angel of death is roaming the skies, nonstop’

    As the weather gets colder, Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, struggles to sleep, yet others he meets sleep 60 to a room or lack even a mattress. Meanwhile, the cat is about to give birth

29 January 2024

  • Palestinians on the beach in Rafah, southern Gaza, 21 January 2024

    Gaza diary part 43: ‘Do people around the world think of us as merely news?’

    In his latest dispatch from the besieged enclave, Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, walks to the sea but finds only sadness in the empty gazes of the people on the beach

23 January 2024

  • A Palestinian child in a pink jumper smells a bunch of red roses bought from a boy selling them in the background

    Gaza diary part 42: ‘In hard times, being kind is one of the most difficult things to do’

    After 10 days without contact because of communication issues inside Gaza, Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, recounts drawing flowers with a child and describes how people rallied round to help a displaced family

13 January 2024

  • A Palestinian girl strokes a cat among the rubble in the village of Khuza’a, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

    Gaza diary part 41: ‘Just when you think you’ve hit rock bottom, you realise you were wrong’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, shares memories of a favourite restaurant, rehomes a cat called Hope and struggles to find strong enough words to describe his ‘city of ghosts’

10 January 2024

  • A child walks past washing lines in a makeshift camp in Rafah, Gaza.

    Gaza diary part 40: ‘I hate darkness because it intensifies the despair’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, tells of the struggle to look after a stray cat, helping a homeless family find somewhere to stay and seeing tragedy behind a funny story

3 January 2024

  • A Palestinian artist paints 'Gaza 2024' on rubble in Rafah, southern Gaza, to draw attention to destruction caused by Israeli attacks.

    Gaza diary part 39: ‘My year ended with sadness, singing and an imaginary cake’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, tells of the daily battle to stay clean, two boys and their shattered dreams, and a new year he didn’t see coming

1 January 2024

  • Gazans staying in tents struggling with cold weather conditions amid Israeli attacks<br>RAFAH, GAZA - DEC 18: Palestinian families who left their homes and took refuge in Rafah city are viewed on December 18, 2023 in Rafah, Gaza. In order to protect themselves from Israeli attacks and to ensure their safety, Palestinians are struggling with the cold weather conditions in makeshift tents they set up in the empty land. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Gaza diary part 38: ‘In that hour I grew 20 years older … all I want is to survive’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, consoles a friend but struggles to cope with the news that his home has been badly damaged

28 December 2023

  • A Palestinian child is seen carrying water as Palestinian families fleeing Israeli attacks on Gaza, setting up makeshift tents in empty areas to ensure their safety in Rafah

    Gaza diary part 37: ‘In another country, far away, there is a family celebrating’

    Ziad, a 35 year-old Palestinian, turns his thoughts to those desperately seeking shelter – and the luck of others for whom this is a time of festivities and joy

24 December 2023

  • The mother of a Palestinian man from the Al-Amour family mourns over his body in Khan Yunis

    Gaza diary part 36: ‘He is four years old and no one has told him what happened to his family’

    Ziad, a 35 year-old Palestinian, writes about feeling ‘caged’ in an ever-worsening nightmare

19 December 2023

  • A view of mostly empty pharmacy shelves

    Gaza diary part 35: ‘You find underwear at a library and glue at a spice shop’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, on searching for everyday ‘treasures’ – and taking in yet another cat

18 December 2023

  • A boy looks at the camera from close up as people pass by on a busy street after rain. Most of them have only flip-flops or plastic sandals on their feet

    Gaza diary part 34: ‘I just wish to go back to spending a day in bed, reading’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, describes the extra hardship that winter rain brings and a friend reminisces about a cappuccino

11 December 2023

  • A Palestinian woman in a salmon pink headscarf sits in a classroom with a swaddled baby on her lap. Around her are older children. Behind her the blackboard has chalk writing on it.

    Gaza diary part 33: ‘These days I am afraid of checking my phone’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, on new parents’ struggles, letting his cat mate, a visit to the pharmacy, and hearing the news that a friend has been killed

8 December 2023

  • Shattered shop fronts littered with rubble and broken materials.

    Gaza diary part 32: ‘The weakness and helplessness is unbearable. There is no energy left to hope’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, reflects on a day in Gaza, with money but nothing to spend it on, illnesses spreading – and cats on heat

3 December 2023

  • Palestinian children wait to get their share of charity food offered by volunteers

    Gaza diary part 31: ‘Santa, this year don’t bring dolls and bicycles, bring blankets and food’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, writes a letter to Santa, asking if he has any safety or hope he can offer the children of Gaza

1 December 2023

  • A young boy lies on a blanket with a donkey and cart in the background in front of a bombed building

    Gaza diary part 30: ‘People think being in a ceasefire is a festive thing, they don’t realise the agony’

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, reflects on small but precious items now lost and refuges in the conflict destroyed for ever

28 November 2023

  • A white cat sits next to an armchair amid rubble

    Gaza diary part 29: finding love and a break from death in times of ceasefire

    Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, on relief and fear, a failed attempt to find gas cylinders and having a superhero as an imaginary friend
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