Suha Nasser, 27, is a physiotherapist from Jabalia. She was at home with her husband, baby and 31 relatives who were sheltering there with them when the street, including their house, was bombed.
What was your life like before 7 October?
I am from north Gaza, from Jabalia. I met my husband Mohammed at university in 2018 and was immediately attracted to his self-confidence. On top of that, he was kind, loving, supportive and always joking around. We got married in 2019 and I couldn’t have been happier, but what followed was our long struggle to start a family.
We travelled to Egypt in May 2022, originally for a summer holiday, but found that the cost of fertility treatment in Cairo was much lower. In the end we spent four months there. Two weeks after the embryo transfer we had to make the journey back across the border to Gaza, which took two full days, across often dangerous checkpoints. I was exhausted and feared for my unborn child. In April 2023, Ahmed came into the world via a caesarean section, after four years of longing.
