In Rahat, a city of Palestinian Bedouin Israelis about 20 miles from the Gaza border, people know loss and fear on all sides of the conflict.
Hamd El Kamalat, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, mourns his son Tariq Mohammed, who was killed in the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.Hamd El Kamalat, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, mourns his son Tariq Mohammed, who was killed in the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.In Rahat, an Israeli city about twenty miles from the border with Gaza, the sound of military planes is constant overhead. On the day we arrived, people were in mourning.
The burial was for Tariq Mohammed, who was killed when Hamas attacked on October 7. In total, 17 people were killed in this Palestinian Bedouin community in Israel. "My heart is bleeding for the ones on the east side or the ones on the west side," he said."All of them are the sons of Adam."Sheikh Hassan Abu Ghalyun is the tribal reconciliation chief in Rahat, Israel. From his Bedouin courthouse, he solves feuds and resolves marital disputes.Sheikh Hassan Abu Ghalyun is the tribal reconciliation chief in Rahat, Israel. From his Bedouin courthouse, he solves feuds and resolves marital disputes.
So, in this room in Rahat, news from Gaza was scarce. Mohamed El Kamalat, sitting nearby, held up his phone. From Israel, he had been trying to reach his family.With families living on both sides of the conflict, many in Rahat get quiet when you ask them who is at fault. They don't want to criticize Hamas, which rules the Gaza strip, because they have family there and members of their community are being held hostage.
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