When privacy disappears: What life looks like inside displacement shelters in Gaza

In Gaza, schools have been converted into overcrowded displacement shelters where hundreds of families live in shared spaces without privacy or personal boundaries. The author, who worked on polio vaccination campaigns, describes how daily activities like cooking, washing, and resting now occur in full view of others, with no rooms, doors, or private corners. Children, particularly those with disabilities, face especially difficult conditions, with Save the Children estimating that 475 children per month in 2024 sustained life-altering injuries.