"I'm Abdulmutalib Sabah Halawa, from Jabalia. We remove the rubble from destroyed homes by hand, using sledgehammers, buckets, and shovels.

"Residents come to us every day, asking us to recover the bodies of their daughters and women from beneath the rubble. We also clear the debris to make enough space for families to return and live in what remains of their homes.

"This isn't just demolition work. We're risking our lives here. We're selling our blood just to earn a living. We keep working with our bare hands, despite the absence of a ceasefire and the lack of heavy machinery. We have no choice but to clear the rubble ourselves.

"All of these children work with me to help provide food for their families. This job is full of danger, but we're forced to do it so I can survive and so the people working with me can support their families as well."

"The Phoenix Library is built around the idea of rebirth. Most of the books here were rescued from beneath the rubble and ashes, which is why we named it the Phoenix Library.

"My relationship with books began when I was 15 years old. I realized that the Israeli occupation was monitoring and shaping our Palestinian curriculum, and I felt that without independent reading, we would become nothing more than tools in its hands.

"That was the moment I started buying books – so I could read freely. One book led to another until I had built a personal library of about 400 books.

"When the Israeli military forced us to flee Beit Hanoun, the first thing I thought about taking with me was my library. On the morning of October 8, I managed to evacuate only half of it. There were too many stages of displacement to carry everything to Gaza City.

"As I saw the systematic destruction of cultural centers, schools, universities and libraries, I felt it had become my responsibility – and the responsibility of every educated person in Gaza – to save whatever books remained beneath the rubble.

"We have also rescued books from many destroyed libraries. Among them are rare volumes that are more than 50 or 60 years old, including books printed in Gaza before 1948. These are part of Palestine's cultural heritage.

"I found countless books that had been burned or badly damaged. Some were extremely valuable, especially those printed in Gaza before 1948. They represent an important part of Palestinian history and cultural heritage.

"Seeing important books being burned just so people could cook their food was one of the most heartbreaking scenes I witnessed. I hope that people living in tents and those displaced across Gaza will one day return to books and learning once again."

"The Prosthetics Center provides artificial limbs for amputees and braces for patients with paralysis.

"We manufacture prosthetic limbs by taking measurements from amputees, making the necessary adjustments to the plaster molds, then assembling and fitting the prosthetic limb. Patients are then referred to the physiotherapy department to complete the rehabilitation and training process.

"Plastic braces are manufactured in the prosthetics department. We take precise measurements from patients and then convert the plaster mold into a plastic brace to help patients improve mobility or restrict certain movements.

"These braces are made using locally produced materials because the Israeli occupation prevents the entry of the specialized plastic materials needed to manufacture them.

"There is a severe shortage of materials needed to make prosthetic limbs, including adapters, prosthetic feet and joints.

"There are around 6,000 amputation cases, including above-the-knee and below-the-knee amputations, as well as upper-limb amputations. The number continues to rise because of the ongoing war in Gaza.

"The Israeli occupation prevents the entry of materials and spare parts needed for prosthetic limbs. It also prevents the entry of plaster, a key material that we rely on entirely to make prosthetic sockets.

"The entry of this material, as well as some spare parts such as joints and prosthetic feet, is restricted. As a result, the center faces a severe shortage and is unable to provide full services to all patients."

The World Health Organization says 42,000 people in Gaza have life-changing injuries because of the war.

One in four of them is a child. 

Gaza now hosts the largest group of child amputees in modern history. 

"At the beginning of the war, all our boats were destroyed. Israel destroyed everything, our fishing nets, our small boats and our large boats.

"We had to come up with the idea of using refrigerator doors. We took the doors and added pieces of wood around the edges. Then we attached battery-powered LED lights to them. They became an alternative to the fishing boats whose lights we used to see out at sea before the war.

"The occupation has completely restricted our access to the sea. They want us to give up and stop going out to sea.

"But we fishermen inherited this profession from our forefathers, and we cannot surrender. We will continue going to sea and keep struggling.

"The risks we face at sea are unimaginable. When you go out, you don't know if you'll come back. If you go beyond 500 meters, you have to be ready for death.

"We go to sea to earn a living and provide for our children. Every fisherman has a family to feed, between 10 and 15 people."

"My name is Mohammed Srour. I'm from Jabalia refugee camp. I was displaced from the camp to Al-Nasr neighborhood, and from there to the Nuseirat area.

"A bomb exploded near me while I was walking like any normal person. I woke up from a coma two weeks later. I had lost function in one of my hands, I couldn't move my legs, and I had lost sight in one eye.

"I watch other children passing by. I used to go to the sea with them. It breaks my heart to see them swimming while I can only sit and watch.

"I feel a burning pain inside because I'm disabled. This is where I was hit by shrapnel and suffered fractures. I can't see through this eye. I'm exhausted. My mother and father are elderly, and they can't carry me.

"When my friends get together to play football or go swimming, it reminds me of how I used to go to the sea and swim long distances. Now, I just sit there on the hill and watch them, unable to do anything.

"I want to receive treatment abroad. This is my right."