Research & Investigations
Gaza residents lose sense of future amid prolonged Israeli operations
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TOP News Brief
The experience of time in Gaza has fundamentally shifted during nearly three years of conflict, according to reporting from Dawn. Residents no longer structure their days around ordinary routines or plan beyond immediate survival needs. Instead, daily planning centers on securing food, water, and shelter—basic requirements that typically fall outside ordinary decision-making in functioning societies.
The psychological toll extends beyond logistics. Gazans have abandoned conventional future planning, their sense of temporality reshaped by the ongoing crisis. Even casual gatherings carry weight absent from normal life elsewhere, as simple moments become markers of endurance rather than routine activities.
