Photos: Three years of Israel’s war on Gaza as tent cities spread amid ruin

Tent cities in Gaza grow as families mourn the dead, care for the injured, and endure relentless displacement.

Al Jazeera2026-10-07 09:55查看原文 ↗

Tent cities in Gaza grow as families mourn the dead, care for the injured, and endure relentless displacement.

A makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians who lost their homes during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza stretches across Gaza City [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

More than one in 10 people from Gaza’s pre-war population has been killed or wounded by Israeli fire since Israel launched its genocidal war against Palestinians in the territory in October 2023.

Nearly every family is now grieving for the dead or caring for the injured, while most residents have been forced to move repeatedly to escape fighting and evacuation orders.

With almost the entire population left homeless, the coastal territory has effectively become one of the world’s largest tent cities. Ramshackle canvas and nylon shelters blanket beaches, cover former agricultural lands and fill vacant lots.

Little is likely to change soon. A 2025 “ceasefire” deal halted large-scale offensives and the heaviest bombardment, but Israel still regularly strikes tents, cars and buildings in attacks that frequently kill women, children and other relatives.

People no longer have to flee from place to place, but few can rebuild because Israel continues to bar most construction materials from entering Gaza.

The “ceasefire” agreement’s plan for large-scale reconstruction has stalled, as Israel and Hamas have yet to reach an agreement on disarming the group and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Najwa Abu Eita sits inside her tent in Nuseirat, central Gaza; she was injured in an Israeli bombardment during the war and lost her seven-year-old daughter in 2024. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

Murid Akhziq, 43, lights a fire to cook inside his Gaza City home, which was destroyed during the war. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

Mourners gather at the Church of St Porphyrius in Gaza City for the funeral of Palestinians Maisaa Abu Dawood and her daughter, Mary, killed in an early-morning Israeli air strike on October 3, 2026. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

Palestinians walk along a street lined with tents sheltering displaced people and buildings destroyed by Israeli military strikes. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

Mourners gather around the flag-draped remains of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes after their bodies were recovered from the rubble during a funeral in Gaza City. [Yousef Al Zanoun/AP Photo]

Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli attacks in Gaza City. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

A destroyed UN-run school in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

Palestinian Civil Defence crews carry a body from the rubble of a collapsed building that housed displaced Palestinians and was heavily damaged during the war, in Gaza City. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

More than 90 percent of Gaza has been destroyed, and Israeli forces now control 80 percent of the besieged territory, according to Palestinian authorities. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

加沙的帐篷城不断扩大，家人们哀悼死者，照顾伤者，忍受着无休止的流离失所。

在以色列对加沙发动种族灭绝战争期间失去家园的巴勒斯坦流离失所者，在加沙城内搭建了一个临时帐篷营地。[Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

自以色列于 2023 年 10 月对加沙地带的巴勒斯坦人发动种族灭绝战争以来，加沙战前人口中超过十分之一的人被以色列的炮火杀害或受伤。

现在几乎每个家庭都在为死者哀悼或照顾伤者，而大多数居民被迫反复搬迁以躲避战斗和疏散命令。

由于几乎所有居民都无家可归，这片沿海地区实际上已经变成了世界上最大的帐篷城之一。摇摇欲坠的帆布和尼龙帐篷覆盖了海滩、曾经的农田和空地。

短期内情况不太可能有所改变。2025年的“停火”协议虽然停止了大规模攻势和最猛烈的轰炸，但以色列仍然经常袭击帐篷、汽车和建筑物，这些袭击往往造成妇女、儿童和其他亲属伤亡。

人们不再需要四处逃亡，但很少有人能够重建家园，因为以色列继续禁止大多数建筑材料进入加沙。

由于以色列和哈马斯尚未就解除该组织的武装和以色列军队撤离达成协议，因此“停火”协议中大规模重建的计划陷入停滞。

纳吉瓦·阿布·埃塔坐在加沙中部努塞拉特的帐篷里；她在战争期间的一次以色列轰炸中受伤，并于2024年失去了她七岁的女儿。[杰哈德·阿尔什拉菲/美联社照片]

43岁的穆里德·阿赫齐克在加沙城的家中生火做饭，他的房子在战争中被毁。[阿卜杜勒·卡里姆·哈纳/美联社照片]

2026年10月3日清晨，在以色列空袭中丧生的巴勒斯坦人迈萨·阿布·达乌德及其女儿玛丽在加沙城圣波菲里乌斯教堂参加葬礼，哀悼者聚集于此。[杰哈德·阿尔什拉菲/美联社照片]

巴勒斯坦人沿着街道行走，街道两旁搭满了帐篷，帐篷里安置着流离失所者，街道两旁是遭以色列军事打击摧毁的建筑物。[阿卜杜勒·卡里姆·哈纳/美联社照片]