Couples marry in tents in Gaza as war, displacement, and soaring prices strip weddings of joy.
![Saja feels a deep sense of disappointment with her wedding dress, which her fiancé was only able to afford at a low-cost rental amid a significant rise in bridal dress prices [Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9137-1778007504.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
![The mother, Amal Sbeih, did not expect to lose her husband during the war on Gaza, and she is now taking on both the father’s and mother’s roles for her three children [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/873A0074-1778119737.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Couples marry in tents in Gaza as war, displacement, and soaring prices strip weddings of joy.
Gaza’s economic collapse leaves workers in perilous jobs, with unemployment soaring amid ongoing devastation.
Caesarean Awareness Month is marked in April. Conditions in Gaza can lead to risks for mothers who undergo the procedure
Regional de-escalation may shift focus to Gaza, where deadlock over Hamas weapons, future governance threatens ‘truce’.
Deir el-Balah residents vote for first time since 2006 despite destruction, displacement and genocide.
Palestinian families in Gaza endure daily terror from rats in unsanitary camps, but help is hard to come by.
As Palestinians mark Prisoners’ Day, Inaam al-Dahdouh waits for news of her three sons, taken by Israel two years ago.
![Ina’am Al-Dahdouh holds the photo of her eldest detained son, Mahmoud, at her tent in Tal el hawwa southwest of Gaza city [Omar Ashtawy/ Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DSC4854-1776374207.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Mohammed Lubbad’s wife Amal was pregnant when she died in Israeli air strikes. Then he was told she had given birth.
![Mohammed Lubbad at his home in Deir Al Balah central the Gaza Strip [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_9697-1776275579.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Following October 2025 agreement, attacks continue, aid is insufficient and regional conflicts deepen instability.
