Since Israel launched its military campaign against Iran -- which has since widened to Lebanon -- the 33-year-old Palestinian has noticed a lull in the devastated Palestinian territory. "Air strikes have become fewer," Abu Mohsen told AFP from his tent in the north of Gaza. But the quiet is only relative. Despite a US-brokered ceasefire in place since October 10, explosions still rock Gaza, Abu Mohsen said. Blasts from house demolitions and artillery shelling reverberate across the territory, alongside the constant hum of warplanes and reconnaissance drones overhead. According to Gaza's civil defence agency, Israeli forces killed one woman and injured another individual in the Al-Mawasi area Saturday, and injured "several" by live fire in the central Al-Bureij refugee camp. But for Abu Mohsen and other Gazans, it is the daily living that has gotten more arduous, with borders once again tightened since the war on Iran began. On Saturday, when the US-Israeli attacks on Iran started, Israel shut all entry points into the Palestinian territory for several days. Though the Kerem Shalom crossing reopened on Tuesday, Gaza's main gateway at Rafah, on the Egyptian border, remains closed.

"Israel is taking advantage of the world's preoccupation with the war on Iran and increasing restrictions on Gaza," Abu Mohsen said. In the southern coastal area of Al-Mawasi, 59-year-old Abdullah al-Astal said the drop in strikes had been overshadowed by a new squeeze on essentials. "It's true that the Israeli bombardment has become much less, but Israel is preventing the entry of food aid and fuel," Astal told AFP. For him, geopolitics were beside the point compared to his ability to live with dignity. "Personally, I don't care" about slain Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei or anyone else, he said. "I don't support Iran, whether it supported Gaza or not." (Bssnews)