"When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food.”

"To raise a son, not from her own body, for thirty years—nobody accepts this easily."

"Her name is Rita. It comes from a poem by a well-known poet of Palestine."

"The last thing I heard was the voice of my children playing, then everything went black"

"I cannot forget a minute of that day."

"Israel bombed our house into a pile of rubble and dust."

"All day I am thinking: your son, your son. You need to do something for your son."

"Before the war I never thought of getting married."

"I’ve closed my social media. From Gaza it’s all bad news.”

"My whole life people have said to me: ‘You are too kind, too sensitive.’”

"We had one chance to leave Gaza, early in the war. At that time our lives had grown very difficult.”

"At one point, I hated Gaza. I just wanted out."