My first shower in six days was like an old friend. But now the war in Gaza is back | Atef Abu Saif

No one truly thought the truce would last. For Gazans, war is like the weather: it just comes and goes

• Atef Abu Saif is a novelist and the Palestinian Authority’s minister of culture

On Tuesday 21 November, after intensified shelling by tanks, Atef and some of his family made the decision to leave Jabalia camp (north of Gaza City) and head south.

Atef Abu Saif has been the Palestinian Authority’s minister of culture since 2019 and is the author of six novels

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