In a display of resilience, young Palestinians in Gaza are moving forward with wedding celebrations despite the ongoing war. With support from charities, couples are finding moments of joy in temporary homes set up in a displacement camp in Deir al-Balah.
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00:0030-year-old Mohamed El-Loh is busy building and equipping his modest canvas tent in the
00:05city of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, which will be his new home.
00:10Mohamed, one of the young Palestinians who decided to go ahead with their wedding plans
00:15and celebrate a new beginning despite the difficult and exceptional circumstances, told
00:20CGTN that he was tired of waiting.
00:24The war lasted for more than a year, and we usually have a short engagement period of
00:28three to six months.
00:30So I decided that the wedding would take place despite the difficult circumstances we are
00:34living in.
00:35Thank God that I was able to get a tent, and I have equipped it with the necessary equipment
00:41in an attempt to create joy despite the circumstances that surround us.
00:45In a rare moment of joy in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Mohamed's family and friends gathered
00:51in a simple dance ceremony, bringing joy to the displaced people around them.
00:58We don't know when the war will stop, so we decided to get married in the middle of
01:02the war, despite the difficult conditions and the deplorable conditions of the people
01:06here.
01:07We wanted to take away the sadness and make way for a little joy.
01:13Charities have funded a wedding ceremony for 15 displaced Palestinian groups and a prize
01:18at the Displaced Persons Camp in Deir el-Balah city.
01:21They set up tents for just married couples to help them start their new lives.
01:27Through this camp, 15 new Palestinian families have been established in light of this grinding
01:31war and the deteriorating economic situation, where young people do not find their daily
01:35sustenance as well as they do not find shelter and nothing to complete their marriage with.
01:40The Palestinian Bureau of Statistics indicates that in the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip,
01:45more than 40,000 Palestinians were killed, 24% of whom were young people.
01:51The population growth rate decreased by about 2.7% in the Gaza Strip, affecting the age
01:57and qualitative composition of the population.
02:00Defying the difficult circumstances created by the ongoing war, Gazans are recreating
02:05ways of hope by setting up special tents for those about to get married.
02:10Nadira Tibi, CJTN, Central Gaza Strip.