‘No mother should ever have to bury a piece of her heart’: How war has changed the lives of women in Gaza

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With new pressures on life in Gaza from Israel’s continued strikes and renewed tension in Iran, Esraa Abo Qamar talks to eight women about how the past two years have scarred them, their families, and their livelihoods T he lives of women in Gaza , already dramatically altered since the beginning of the war in October 2023, have been even more impacted since February, when Israel and the US launched joint strikes on Iran. It is no exaggeration to say that the past two and a half years of war