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Gazans distinguish exhaustion from surrender amid ongoing conflict
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Residents of Gaza describe what outsiders perceive as numbness in response to violence as exhaustion rather than acceptance, according to We Are Not Numbers. Three new roadblocks were erected near their hometown, adding to restrictions on movement and daily life. The distinction matters: fear and hope together sustain Palestinians through repeated cycles of hardship.
The characterization reflects how Palestinians frame their resilience—not as passive endurance but as active survival under sustained pressure. Exhaustion, in this framing, is a physical and psychological state distinct from capitulation or indifference to their circumstances.
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