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Updated: Jan 21, 2026 • 117 files

Photographer: Sarah Davies

Copyright: ICRC

Shooting Date: 10/08/2024

Tent where the interviewed Abu Ghazal family have been living for eight months After being displaced from Beit Lahia, the family moved into this camp. All washing in Gaza is now done by hand, in hard water that is usually very salty. Much of the time, laundry powder or detergent is difficult to come by, and very expensive, and wringing out the wet clothes by hand is tiring and time -consuming. Many of the younger mothers and wives not only do this for their own families, but their elderly parents as well, meaning they can spend entire days trying to clean clothes that will be immediately covered in dust and sand after being hung out. Over warmer months, at least the clothes can hang outside and dry - when winter and rain comes, it will be almost impossible to get these clothes to dry. The family also has a clay oven, because they have been here for so long and have a more 'permanent' structure, unlike many other families who rely on the one communal oven in the camp

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