The BBC is bringing you a detailed insight on life inside Gaza in a special day of coverage
People in Gaza, many of whom have fled their homes, are sharing with us how their daily lives have changed during the war
A nurse, Rewaa Mohsen, describes how she struggles to keep her children entertained and keeps bags packed in case the family needs to flee
Yahya Hussen, a 30-year-old fashion designer, says food prices are "astronomical", with basics like cheese and eggs too expensive for many people
Hamas-led gunmen attacked Israel on 7 October, killing at least 1,200 people and taking 253 hostages
Israel launched a retaliatory military campaign in the Gaza Strip killing at least 29,700 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry
Image source, Malak Al DeirbiMalak Al Deirbi is 12-years-old and sells crisps to help feed her family. She tells us what last night was like in Rafah:
I am now out sitting at my booth and selling. I heard the bomb last night.
It was very close and the sound was very loud. I am scared. I felt terrified. We thought they would bomb more.
Samira Noorallah, 65, is in Deir al-Balah refugee camp, central Gaza. Following the death of her husband, she tells us how she's navigating challenges:
My husband died in the camp while he was suffering from the effects of a stroke.
I have been awake since early. I first cleaned the laundry, but then I find it's still dirty, so I have to redo it. I try to put my energy into keeping myself busy after witnessing the pain of losing my husband.
I try to distract myself with household chores, such as doing the laundry. My husband left me with a feeling of emptiness. I used to spend my days with him, helping him, feeding him... Today, I have no energy for anything.
Later I will try to have some fun with my grandchildren. They make me forget my pain. After having a house of 300 square meters, now we live in a tent.
We're now hearing from Yahya Hussen, a 30-year-old fashion designer who fled Al-Zahra, a neighbourhood just south of Gaza City, to Deir Al-Balah in October. He tells us:
The network is so bad. Unfortunately it wasn’t a good night. There was bombing close to us. I was just saying to my family that I didn’t sleep well last night - I jumped from my bed seven times at least.
I woke up properly at 9ish and had breakfast with my family. We had za’atar and olive oil, hummus and shakshuka. Sometimes you find stuff like this, but if you do it’s double the price.
The prices are astronomical. Not everyone can buy stuff like this - eggs or coffee or za’atar. When people get aid they might keep half of it and sell the other half. So if they had 10 pieces of cheese, they might keep five, sell five, and then use that money to try to buy eggs.
Now I’m sitting, not doing anything. In the past I used to wake up - choose my clothes, take a bath. That process that used to take a few minutes now it takes all day.
If I want to take wash now I wake up early in the morning and have to light a fire to heat the water, and wait for it, getting smoke in your eyes and your lungs. And after the water is heated you go to wash. And after you finish you go back to the barrel you got the water from and try to refill it because many families are using the same barrel.
This is the best morning I can hope for now. Other people can’t find food, water, nothing.
Image source, EPAYocheved Lifschitz, 85, said she “went through hell” in captivity
More than 250 Israelis and foreigners were kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October, according to Israel.
Of those taken, 130 remain unaccounted for.
On 13 February, Israel said at least 29 of them are dead. Since then another hostage, Yair Yaakov, has been confirmed to have died.
Israel gives an official figure of 134 hostages because it includes four people taken hostage in 2014 and 2015. Two of these are believed to have died.
We don’t know a lot about the condition of the hostages still being held by Hamas, but we have heard accounts from those who have been released so far.
Yocheved Lifschitz, the 85-year-old grandmother who was released in late October said she “went through hell” in captivity.
Wichian Temthong, a Thai farm worker held with the three men mistakenly killed by the IDF, said they were only fed once a day and he saw Israeli hostages being beaten with electric cables.
If you're just joining us - we're doing things a bit differently in this page. After nearly five months of fighting in Gaza, the lives of people there have changed dramatically.
Today they are telling us how, in their own words. We're receiving text messages, voicenotes and pictures from people in Gaza, with help from journalists on the ground, Alice Cuddy in Jerusalem and BBC Arabic's team in London.
Stay with us as Gazans share updates on their daily lives under difficult conditions.
Image source, Sami Abu OmarWe've just received a voice note from Sami Abu Omar, 59, who is currently sheltering in Rafah having fled from Khan Younis. He tells us:
It was a hard night. There was intense bombing. Any person in this situation has to get used to sleeping for an hour to an hour and a half only.
I woke at 5am and prayed at dawn and then got ready for my volunteer work. We woke up to a new day, hoping it would be a better day than yesterday.
I work in humanitarian aid. We started our day by cooking to help the displaced families in Rafah. We are hoping to do 2,200 meals for these families today.
The weather today is slightly cold. There is a possibility of rain falling.
We are preparing lentil soup that will be distributed to the displaced families because they are in need. I am one of these families.
I have been displaced from more than one place. I dream of going back to my home, safe and sound. The situation is becoming so hard, especially in Rafah.
Almost two million people in Gaza - most of the population - are reported to have fled their homes since Israel began its military operation in response to Hamas's deadly attacks of 7 October.
The Strip has been under the control of Hamas since 2007 and Israel says it is trying to destroy the military and governing capabilities of the Islamist group, which is committed to the destruction of Israel.
Gaza - a densely populated enclave 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt at its borders - has "simply become uninhabitable", according to United Nations officials.
Israel warned civilians to evacuate the area of Gaza north of the Wadi Gaza riverbed, ahead of its invasion in the weeks after the Hamas attack.
The evacuation area included Gaza City - which was the most densely populated area of the Gaza Strip.
Read more: Gaza Strip in maps: How life has changed
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Image source, Mosa Al-DosWe’ve just had a message from Mosa Al-Dos, a 26-year-old lawyer in Rafah:
“I woke up more than one time in the night because it was so cold in the tent,” he says.
“I struggle to sleep because of the lack of mattresses and blankets. There are a lot of queues today - they are reaching at least three hours.
“Now I am two kilometres away from my tent, trying to find internet connection but it is still very weak. I am slowly, slowly walking further from the tent," he adds.
Dr Haya Hijazi was a gynaecologist in Tal al-Hawa, now living in a tent on the Egypt-Rafah border.
The 28-year-old gynaecologist used to work at Al-Shifa hospital until early October.
When her neighbourhood was targeted by Israeli forces, she fled the North to her sister’s home in the centre of Gaza, then had to flee again to the south.
Dr Haya has tried to provide free consultations to women since the beginning of the war.
She has been active in gathering donations through her social media, and has used them to purchase medicines and sanitary products for women in Gaza.
“A typical day for me starts with the search for clean water. Then I look for flour so we can bake, and wood to light a fire so we can eat. I try to come up with new initiatives through which I can help people, and every day I volunteer at a nearby medical station to help patients,” she told us.
Nagham Atef Mezied, 22, is in Deir el-Balah. She is a medical student and volunteer doctor. She shares what her morning has been like with us:
Time is now 9am. This is my breakfast. I usually have breakfast at 6am but now we are trying to delay having breakfast so we don’t need to eat more than one meal per day.
This breakfast is cheese, herbs, pepper and olive oil on bread, which is known as mankouche.
This is all I eat until the evening, if we are lucky to have another meal then, otherwise this is all until tomorrow. And we consider ourselves luckier than our brothers and sisters in the north who have no food whatsoever.
On the breakfast table before, we used to have this bread, “Mankoushe” with potatoes, salad, eggs, falafel, beans...but now so many families rely on this bread only to survive.
Prices are so high, even for the basics, and affording a decent meal of meat or chicken became a luxury.
As we approach five months of fighting in the Israel-Gaza war, let's take a look at some of the most recent developments:
Yahya Hussen with his sister Hana
Some of the Gazans we've asked to speak to us today have been struggling to survive under intense Israeli bombardment.
They come from different parts of the Gaza Strip and some are still trying to practise their professions after forced evacuations.
We’re hoping they will able to share their accounts of how dramatically their daily lives have changed throughout the day - but the situation in Gaza could pose connectivity issues, making it difficult for them to keep in touch.
They include:
Stick with us while we gather as much information as we can.
Aoife Walsh
Live reporter
It’s nearly five months since Hamas gunmen attacked southern Israel on 7 October, killing at least 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.
Israel’s retaliatory campaign in the Gaza Strip has been ongoing ever since, with at least 29,700 killed in the Palestinian territory so far, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
Life has been tough for most people, with a million displaced Palestinians crammed into Rafah after being forced to seek shelter there.
Many are living in makeshift shelters in squalid conditions, with scarce access to safe drinking water or food.
It’s just after 09:00 in Gaza, and we’re speaking to people in different parts of the territory about what life has felt like to them.
Stay with us as we bring you their stories.