Better than a tent: The Gaza family living in ruins of their bombed home
Al JazeeraThe Naji family decided to stay in their home, which was destroyed in an Israeli air attack, rather than being displaced Deir al-Balah – On the third day of Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip, Siham Naji was sitting opposite her husband Khaled in their living room when she remembered to take her daily medication. “I had plans to make a small swimming pool for the younger children in the summer.” A day after the attack, Khaled returned to survey the damage to his beloved house. “I mixed the concrete and designed the layout and picked the best furniture.” The family had received word that a house in their neighbourhood would be targeted but did not know which one. I’d rather die in my home with dignity than live in a tent.” Hope for rebuilding According to the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Gaza, Israeli bombing has damaged more than half of all residential units – more than 222,000 homes – in the Gaza Strip.
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