In an old bathtub, plastic buckets, a tin can and other containers of all shapes and sizes foraged from the debris left by nearly a year of war, Mohammed Qomssan and his family grow the vegetables that are now a rare luxury in Gaza.

Their aubergines, jute, rocket and peppers are unlikely signs of green plant life in the Jabalia refugee camp – a once-bustling neighbourhood reduced to a landscape of concrete rubble and cratered roads by two Israeli Defense Force (IDF) ground operations.

Qomssan’s family started their horticultural efforts after returning in mid-June from their second time being displaced by attacks to find only two habitable rooms left in their house.

MBFC
Archive

  • @SlippiHUD
    link
    English
    916 days ago

    It’s started considering itself a news source

    • @[email protected]OP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      516 days ago

      It’s always done that. It’s weird, though. MBFC doesn’t appear to actually have a page where they rate themselves. The link just goes to their homepage.