his 71-year-old mother and younger sister, are taking shelter after they lost their home in Beit Hanoon during Israel’s war. They have been displaced eight times, and this tent is where they now protect themselves from the rain and winter cold. Alzanin, 41, cannot sustain his family because he is unemployed. He is a day labourer, but he is out of work like hundreds of thousands of people across the Gaza Strip.

“Now I have no work, I can’t provide for my family,” he told Al Jazeera, adding that he used to work in the infrastructure and farming sectors. “I used to work with an axe to open water channels between the trees, plough the soil around them, spray pesticides, and plant tomatoes and cucumbers. I used to work from 7am to 4pm for 40–50 shekels ($13-$15) per day.” Another man without income is Majed Hamouda. The 53-year-old from Jabalia, northern Gaza, has polio, and his wife is a thalassaemia carrier. He has five children, and is sheltering at a camp in the Remal neighbourhood school. He relies on financial aid from the Ministry of Development and on charity, as he can’t work due to his poor health. And since the war started, his aid payment has stopped.

“We are like dead people, but not buried yet, we only look at living people, yes, I swear. If someone destroyed your home and kicked you out to the streets like dogs, even dogs live better lives than ours,’’ Hamouda told Al Jazeera. “The dog in the street, no one would kick it off, but we were [kicked out] and displaced in the streets,’’ he explained. as one of his daughters started to cry. On some days, the Hamouda family has nothing to eat, so the father asks his only son to collect plastics and rubbish from the streets to sell, so he can support his family. (Al Jazeera)