In a displacement camp in central Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp, 10-year-old Maysara Zaqout woke up at sunrise, as she does every day.
She prepared the water containers and waited with her brother, five-year-old Jawad, by the entrance of their tent. They both looked at the surrounding streets and camps, hoping that a water truck would pass by.
Hours passed with no sign. So Maysara headed for her English class in the camp’s educational tent.
Then, she heard shouting. The water truck had arrived.
English lessons were quickly abandoned and Maysara and the other children went to grab their water containers. This has been her routine for more than two years, along with thousands of children in Gaza navigating life during Israel’s genocidal war.
