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On one wall the artists depicted a woman
holding her son. On another a boy is painted with tears in his
eyes. A third shows a girl, seen through a mirror, combing her
hair.
Piles of rubble still encircle the houses in the town of Deir
al-Balah. Parts of exploded Israeli missiles were placed on
tables for display.
"Out of suffering, pain, and siege, we derive hope, art, and
victory," said artist Hussein Abu Sadeq. "We drew on the rubble
so we can get the message through using a brush and color."
Gaza, home to 2.3 million people and ruled by the Islamist group
Hamas, is blockaded by Israel and Egypt.
In May, Israel launched a campaign against commanders of the
Islamic Jihad militant group who it said had planned attacks in
Israel. In response, the Iranian-backed group fired more than
1,000 rockets, sending Israelis fleeing into bomb shelters.
Israel killed six senior Islamic Jihad commanders and said it
destroyed a number of military installations. Fifteen
Palestinian civilians, including women and children, were also
killed, according to Palestinian health officials.
In Israel, two people - an Israeli woman and a Palestinian
laborer - were killed by Palestinian rocket fire in Israel.
"We collected those remains (of missiles) after the
bombardment," said Mohammad Thuraya, an organizer of an
exhibition of the art work on Sunday. "One missile destroyed a
neighborhood and destroyed the lives of ten families who used to
live here."
(Reporting by Nidal Almughrabi, Editing by William Maclean)
(Photo: A painting drawn by artists is seen at a house destroyed
by Israel, in recent Israeli-Gaza fighting, in Deir Al-Balah,
central Gaza Strip June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
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