from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 01 Jan 2026 16:17
https://sh.itjust.works/post/52636563
Sunset bathed the north of Gaza City in golden light Tuesday evening as Izzat Al-Qawasmeh and his 11-year-old son Mohamed climbed through rubble to the top of a building that once housed hundreds of people.
Surrounded by other bombed-out structures, an expanse of white tents where people now live stood below.
The father and son had decided to visit the tent city with gifts, dressed in Santa Claus costumes.
Mohamed carried a gaggle of red and white balloons as Al-Qawasmeh played mournful songs from his saxophone — the career that sustained him for 20 years before the war and still today. Later that night, he would play the instrument at a wedding.
“We wanted to, with the start of the New Year, do something that would make people happy, that would bring them hope,” Al-Qawasmeh said.
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