Attitudes toward death and sacrifice play an essential role in Gaza’s resilience. Here, death really is a constant companion. Yet it is not viewed as an ending but as a continuation of a larger struggle.

Suffering, in this worldview, becomes a portal to another realm, where the values and principles people live for persist.

The resistance of Gaza is the embodiment of a powerful rejection: It is a refusal to accept injustice and subjugation and a call for the world to recognize that freedom and dignity are worth every sacrifice.

In the end, Gaza’s suffering is not without purpose. It is the flame that continues to burn, lighting the way forward, even when all else seems lost.

 Asem Alnabih,                                                                                                           When suffering becomes an affirmation of life                                           The Electronic Intifada