The National · 12 Nov 2026
‘I'm 28, but I look 40’: How war has changed the faces of Gaza
After three years of war in Gaza, Mustafa Musa struggles to recognise the person he sees in the mirror. “I am 28 years old, but when I look in the mirror, I think I look 40,” he told The National. “The war has changed everything about us, but what it has changed most is our appearance, our facial features, and every detail of who we were before the war.” Mr Musa weighed 90kg before the war; he now weighs 73kg.
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