Life in Gaza under Israeli bombing

For the last three days, Noura Waheidi has kept her three children close.

With Israeli warplanes soaring above the besieged Gaza Strip every night and launching devastating air strikes on densely populated sites it claims are affiliated with Palestinian resistance factions, she, like every other Palestinian, has been on edge.

At least 31 Palestinians have been killed - including five children - since Israel began targeting so-called military sites in the enclave.

As fear grows with each attack, residents have developed habits or practices to reduce physical and psychological harm.

Aware that they or their neighbours could be targeted at any moment, Palestinians usually keep their precious belongings and official documents in one place, so that they can grab them quickly in the event of an evacuation.

Others chose to keep their documents and valuables in other safe places when they feel their neighbourhoods are under threat. 

"We put everything in one bag that I call the emergency bag. We keep all our official papers and belongings in it, including our IDs, birth certificates, contracts, gold, and money," Waheidi told Middle East Eye.

"We expect to evacuate our home at any moment, there is no place safe in Gaza."

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