When streets become a workplace: Gaza workers convert tents into offices

Khan Younis, Gaza – Dr Mohammed al-Khalidi, a specialist in prosthetics and orthotics, sits in a modest tent in al-Mawasi, southern Gaza. It has been his place of work since his clinic on al-Bahr Street in Rafah was destroyed by Israeli bombing in April 2024. His second and third clinics in Khan Younis’s Old City, southern Gaza, were subsequently destroyed by Israel in May 2025.After this triple heartbreaking setback, al-Khalidi salvaged whatever medical equipment he could find and moved into his new office, a tent, where he has received patients for the past two years.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Three years of Israel’s war on Gaza as tent cities spread amid ruinslist 2 of 3‘War lives in me’: Gaza playwright wins prestigious award in Londonlist 3 of 3What has Trump’s Board of Peace achieved in a year since Gaza ‘ceasefire’?end of listThis transitory space reflects a new reality in Gaza since Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave began in October 2023. Offices, clinics and shops have been wiped out in waves of Israeli air raids over the past three years, leaving professionals to conduct their work from tents or on the road.This phenomenon emerged in December 2023 f...