Lower Thirds:

0:03	Report by M. Ibrahim & T. Kraemer

0:10	Sami Al-Katout | Shopkeeper

0:22	 Sami Al-Katout | Shopkeeper

0:43	 Sami Al-Katout | Shopkeeper

1:08	Asil Hussein | Palestinian from Gaza
 
1:28	 Hassan Al Qarem | Palestinian from Gaza

1:59	Youssef Suleiman | Jad Suleiman's father

2:45	Youssef Suleiman | Jad's Suleiman's father

3:23	Youssef Suleiman | Jad's Suleiman's father

((info: While talks are ongoing about a US-backed 15-point plan to disarm Hamas and have Israeli forces withdraw from 60 percent of the territory it occupies, people in Gaza have to deal with daily hardship, displacement and uncertainty – and the daily risk of death, as Israel has not stopped its deadly attacks despite a so-called truce with Hamas. In our next report, you’ll hear personal stories from Gaza, told by people who are trying to live with this reality every day. 

Script: 

Once again, Sami Al-Katout is trying to start over. Before the war he ran two cosmetics shops in Gaza City.

SOT Sami Al-Katout, ARABIC 
"As you can see, it is now just a pile of rubble. The shop was here, and now, there is nothing." 

There's been a ceasefire since October 2025. But in Gaza, that means something different than it does elsewhere.  

SOT Sami Al-Katout, ARABIC 
"The war is still continuing. Anyone who tells you that the war has stopped is not telling the truth. There are still attacks, and the price increases are unbearable." 

Like many others, Sami has been displaced more than six times during the war. And he’s struggling to sell his products... much of what he sells is considered a luxury now.  

SOT Sami Al-Katout, ARABIC 
"They only buy when they are forced to or they desperately need something.Y(es,) It’s is difficult, exhausting, and earning a living is hard. But it is better than nothing." 

For those who have it, work is a small distraction from the fact that Palestinians have no say in what happens in their homeland. And mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas, designated by many countries as a terror organization, have not yielded tangible results on the ground.  

SOT VOX Asil Hussein ARABIC  
((CUT? “As for Israel and Hamas,)) Both sides are making the agreement based on political conditions and interests. A partial withdrawal may happen, but a full withdrawal and the handing over of weapons are unlikely. So we will remain trapped in the same cycle, the same fear, and the same state of confusion we are living in now." 
 
SOT VOX Hassan Al Qarem, ARABIC  
"Every day, there are assassinations; everyday, there is death, bombing, and suffering. Every day, people are being displaced, and every day, the Yellow Line moves farther into the West. Look, even when we go out into the street, we go out afraid. I swear to God, whenever I walk down any street, I do so in fear". 
 
Since the ceasefire began, more than 1,200 people have been killed by Israeli fire, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. 
 
One of them was eight years old. Jad Suleiman had just bought a can of lemonade after visiting his father.
 
SOT Youssef Suleiman, Jad's father, Arabic 
People were fleeing while I was rushing toward where the incident happened. When I got within about 10 meters, I saw the boy lying face down, his rucksack on his back. I screamed, got closer, turned him over, and saw blood on the ground. He had been hit in the neck. 

SHOT OF Jad on stretcher (BLURRED, in silence)  
 
Jad wasn't the only one killed that day in Jabalia, northern Gaza 
 
SOT Youssef Suleiman, Jad's father, Arabic 
When my son was killed, another young man from the Al-Maqousi family and an older man from the Abu Dan family were also killed at a World Food Program distribution point. The injured were mostly passersby. There were people left paralyzed—two cases from the Al-Asbouh family and Hamid Saleh family. Innocent people. We thought there was a ceasefire. But honestly, there is no ceasefire." 

We asked the Israeli military for a statement on the strike but did not receive an answer by the time of publication. 
 
For Youssef, all that remains now....  is grief. And small ways of holding onto his son. 

SOT Youssef Suleiman, Jad’s father ARABIC 
"He was childish; he loved to play, and he loved birds. I even have a bird here now that reminds me of him; I bought a second pair for him. I tell myself, Jad is gone, but somehow Jad is still here. Maybe hearing the bird’s sound feels like Jad is back.” 

HOLD FOR UMSCHNITT .... Silence (no more VO) 

ENDS (auto raus?)