The recent crackdown on worshipers at the Al-Aqsa compound has confirmed the fears of many in Gaza: the Netanyahu government is provoking Palestinians as a pretext to launch another war.

Five years ago today, Palestinians in Gaza launched the Great March of Return. Israel brutally suppressed the demonstrations, leaving many of its participants amputated. But those who joined the March would do it all over again.

The Netanyahu government has so far externalized its ongoing crisis through its military campaign on the West Bank, but Palestinians in Gaza fear that it might ultimately resort to war to cripple the Israeli protest movement.

Leaders from the resistance factions in Gaza vow that the West Bank will not be left alone in facing the ongoing Israeli onslaught, while many in Gaza view the Palestinian Authority as complicit.

I spent a day with a family in Jabaliya refugee camp at the height of Gaza’s cold winter months. This is how they survive without electricity.

I often go to cover one story and find many other stories inside it. Sometimes it feels like Gaza is the homeland of original stories. But unfortunately, many of these stories are painful.

After leaving Gaza to find work abroad, Abdul Kareem Abu Jalhoum was finally able to bring his family to join him in Turkey after 5 years of hard work. They all died in the devastating earthquake.

During Gaza’s cold winter months, the absence of sufficient electricity drives families desperate for warmth to use hazardous fuel sources to heat their homes. The results can often be deadly.

While the people of Gaza cheer for resistance in the West Bank and call for armed factions in Gaza to support it, they also fear that escalations with Israel will lead to another war on Gaza.

Nayef Owedat, 11, suffered severe brain injuries from shrapnel during Israel’s three-day assault on Gaza last August. He died from his wounds on January 26, as hospitals in Gaza were not able to provide the critical medical care he needed.