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GAZA, PALESTINE - OCTOBER 8, 2025: In the heart of war-torn Gaza, 34-year-old Hanin al-Mabhouh from the Nuseirat Refugee Camp has lost nearly everything to Israel’s relentless bombardment: her four daughters, her right leg, and the life she once knew. Now, her only wish is to walk again, just far enough to reach her children’s graves.Since the start of Israel’s genocide in Gaza two years ago, more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 39,000 families have been victims of mass killings, according to local authorities. Among them, 2,700 families (8,574 people) have been wiped out entirely, while 6,020 families have only a single survivor left.For al-Mabhouh, like thousands of other Palestinians, the military campaign turned her world upside down.Before the genocide, she lived a peaceful life, taking her daughters to school, helping with homework, and caring for her home. But one night of terror destroyed everything.“This isn’t a war; it’s genocide,” she says firmly. “No Arab or Muslim country has experienced what we are living through. Even under blockade, we once had a life, but now there’s nothing left.”Her family’s ordeal began on July 10, 2024, when an airstrike hit their home as they slept.“We were attacked in our sleep,” she recalls. “I was severely injured. My husband suffered second- and third-degree burns. The explosion threw us in different directions, me, my husband, and our five-month-old baby on one side, my other daughters on the other. My arms and legs were broken, my pelvis and jaw shattered. I couldn’t see for a long time due to severe eye infections. I spent 40 days in intensive care.”The loss that cut deepest, however, was not physical.Her four girls, Mirna (10), Yasmin (8), Jannat (5), and baby Rim (5 months), were all killed in the strike.Now, al-Mabhouh dreams of recovery, of fitting a prosthetic leg, saving the other from amputation, and one day walking again. (Footage by Doaa Albaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)