This is entirely false, the typical propaganda narative that all is fine in Gaza and they are just faking it.
All hospitals and universities have been bombed. All foreign doctors that went to Gaza and went out (about the only people allowed in Gaza because journalists are prevented by Israel) have talked of the absolute destruction and lack of medical supplies.
All neighbourhoods look absolutely destroyed. Most buildlings are severely damaged, which has been documented by satellite imagery published by most medias including BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/czjvzmknv0lt
I very genuinely - in the interest of consuming a diverse set of inputs! - would love to see some sources that persuasively, with evidence, can demonstrate a vision of the ground in Gaza that runs counter to what seems absolutely obvious to everyone following the war.
A world of luxury cars, high-end iPhones, relaxing afternoons spent in cafés on street corners? After two years of relentless bombing, a near-total blockade on supplies, and on and on? It seems so absurd at this point it doesn't even pass as propaganda. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
I'm not trying to say life is great in Gaza. It's not. But it's also not what OP was painting.
And by the way, the "Gaza is totally destroyed" message has been echoed throughout the war, I recall seeing drone footage a week after Oct 7th showing how destroyed Gaza is. The media is never going to show you the buildings that are ok. They will show you drone shots from every angle of everything that's not ok. They will not tell you about the sales of iPhones in Gaza either (and it is true they got a shipment of iPhones and they did sell).
Try comparing to Pokrovsk or Mariupol (to see what war looks like when indiscriminate force is used) or what the Russians did to Grozny. No iPhones or markets there. Ukraine and Russia use heavy artillery which is a statistical weapon. Israel does not. Israel mostly uses precision weapons.
"From Palestine Junction in Al-Rimal neighborhood – Gaza
Life is gradually returning to the markets despite the destruction and high prices.
A scene that embodies the resilience of the people and their determination to keep going despite everything."
Watch this documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kJZb2Q1NmE .. The director said learning about the mass killings sanctioned by the regime that was still in power felt like coming to Germany after WW2 and realizing the Nazis had won. There's no truth and reconcilation, instead the killers lived in a place where they justify to themselves that what they did was fine...
Everyone knows that's not true, and it's also why journalists aren't yet allowed to be freely roaming around. And just because someone is coping with whatever conditions doesn't make them happy, so sitting and chatting while having some coffee in the middle of the rubble won't change the fact that their house got demolished, and having an iPhone which was mostly acquired before the war doesn't mean this person hasn't lost probably all their family. This is a stupid argument, let the world journalists in and let the whole world see of they are lying or not, but we all know that won’t happen.
