In scattered tents across Gaza, families once bound by shared meals and evenings by the sea now focus solely on survival. The rituals that once bonded fathers to their children, or women to their neighbors, have been shattered by Israel’s genocide.

Families and spouses in Gaza are still waiting to be reunited with their loved ones after the Israeli army suspended travel in and out of the Strip.

When Neta Golan’s husband traveled to Egypt at the beginning of March for a wedding, she never imagined it would take nearly five months for him to make his way home. Her story is just one of thousands of families where Palestinians were stranded abroad.