I grew up in Gaza where tunnels provided essentials Israel banned and hostages were the Palestinians it imprisoned.
![A Palestinian mother holds her son while passing a severely damaged residential building that was destroyed overnight by an Israeli airstrike at Al Sheikh Redwan in Gaza City on July 10, 2014 [Courtesy of Eman Mohammed]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GZ-EM02-1701607281.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Eman Mohammed is an award-winning Palestinian-American photojournalist and Senior TED fellow currently based in Washington, DC.
I grew up in Gaza where tunnels provided essentials Israel banned and hostages were the Palestinians it imprisoned.