STORY: Young Gazans convey hope, resilience as group wedding held at temporary camp
SHOOTING TIME: May 3, 2024
DATELINE: May 13, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:24
LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine
CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY/MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the group wedding
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAEED MOHAMED, Gaza resident
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED GAMAL, Gaza resident
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): GEHAD MOHAMED, Representative of the Ministry of Social Development in Khan Yunis
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): Gaza resident

STORYLINE:

A group wedding was recently held at a temporary camp in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis as young Gazans strive to seek resilience and hope amid adversity.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAEED MOHAMED, Gaza resident
"I am a resident of Rafah, where I was injured. Now, there's nowhere left for me but here. My house was bombed in Rafah, so I decided to get married here. I prepared a tent to live in with my wife, like many young men who married in the war."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED GAMAL, Gaza resident
"I have been engaged for a year. Today, I celebrate a new life. Despite the pain and grief, we will still live in times of happiness."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): GEHAD MOHAMED, Representative of the Ministry of Social Development in Khan Yunis
"Today, we are holding a group wedding for five couples. This celebration comes in light of the difficult circumstances that the residents of the Gaza Strip are experiencing in brutal war targeting children and women. We are here to convey to the occupier that we are still standing on this land."

SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): Gaza resident
"People here are happy today. They need signs of joy because the war psychologically stresses them. These expressions of joy are important for children, women, and the elderly."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Gaza, Palestine.
(XHTV)