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The attacks on Saturday were in northern, central and southern Gaza, with one of the latest reported deaths near Jabalia refugee camp.

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A Palestinian man was killed and several others wounded when an Israeli drone struck a group of civilians near al-Faluja cemetery, west of Jabalia, reported the Palestinian Wafa news agency, citing medical sources.

One Palestinian was killed and several injured when an Israeli drone struck the al-Mawasi area of Rafah, Wafa said.

Earlier, two people were killed and others wounded in an attack in the Tuffah neighbourhood of northeast Gaza City, according to staff at al-Shifa Hospital. Witnesses told Al Jazeera that the people hit were returning from the burial of an earlier attack victim.

Another person was killed in a drone attack in eastern Gaza City, al-Shifa Hospital said.

In central Gaza, staff at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital reported one person killed and another injured in Deir el-Balah.

In an update issued on Saturday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said 1,511 Palestinians had been killed and 5,375 injured since the United States-brokered “ceasefire” was announced on October 10, 2025.

In an update covering the preceding 48 hours, the ministry reported six deaths and 43 injuries across the strip.

It said 74,469 Palestinians had been killed and 175,492 injured since Israel’s genocidal war began in October 2023.

The continuing toll on children was highlighted on Friday by UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency.

Speaking to reporters in Geneva, spokesman Ricardo Pires said more than 340 children had been killed since the ceasefire began.

He said seven children had died in attacks over the previous two weeks, with at least 33 others seriously injured.

UNICEF said about 800,000 children remained displaced, many in tents or unsafe buildings as winter approaches.

The violence comes as Gaza’s population faces growing restrictions on where to live.

Mapping published by Al Jazeera on October 12 showed Israeli forces control or restrict access to about 65 percent of the territory.

The “Yellow Line”, initially established to mark Israeli military positions after a partial withdrawal under the “ceasefire”, has been pushed further into Palestinian areas, the report said.

The remaining accessible area is home to 2.1 million people.

On Friday, Gaza’s Health Ministry warned that more than 1.4 million Palestinians were projected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse for the rest of the year. %!s()

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We'd been doing it for years, renting an Airbnb in Snowflake, a town of 6,000 in the middle of nowhere, switching off amid the miles of empty land.

It had started as a stopover on our way to visit my husband's family in New Mexico. We fell in love with the town, and from then on, we'd visit whenever we needed to get away from the busyness of LA.

In Snowflake, we felt like we could catch our breath. Our souls calmed each time we arrived and ached to stay each time we left.

We put an offer on a house

Back in LA, specifically Burbank, the five of us — my husband and our three children, whom we homeschooled — lived in a duplex made up of two connected apartments. We lived in one of them, which had two bedrooms and one bathroom. From the other apartment, my husband and I ran our two separate businesses.

The duplex was in a neighborhood near a busy street, and we had to be cautious about letting the kids go outside to play because of the cars. I was always holding someone's little hand when we were out, just in case. You could hear planes flying back and forth into Burbank Airport. As our kids and businesses grew, we felt increasingly confined.

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It was a four-bedroom house surrounded by land, chickens, cows, and a crazy turkey. We could buy it and have our own place to stay when visiting, rather than always renting an Airbnb.

We bought the house for about $500,000, and on our first visit to stay in it in January 2025, none of us wanted to go back to Burbank.

We knew then that we'd make Snowflake our home. And so we did.

We moved from Los Angeles to a town of 6,000 people

In so many ways, our life looks exactly like life in LA. Our routines have remained the same. Every morning, just like in LA, we start our day at a coffee shop. Except in Snowflake, there's only one place to go instead of 20 choices. We work, we homeschool, we eat our meals, and we go to sleep — just like we did in LA.

But by transplanting our lives to a quiet town, we all feel calmer and more peaceful.

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Not only has it been good for my well-being, but it's also been good for my business. The move has given me the mental space to think bigger. It's led to greater creativity, paving the way for business growth.

My kids love Snowflake, too. I didn't have to convince them about the move.

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The house is bigger, so we aren't living on top of each other, but they've also got endless outdoor space to explore.

Even though I lived in LA for 20 years, we never experienced friendship and community as we have in just over a year in Snowflake.

We can't leave the house without seeing someone who wants to stop and talk. Everyone here is on "mountain time" — slowing down. No one is rushing around, head down, looking at their phones, too hurried to have a conversation.

Everyone is present and friendly.

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Lauren Crosby Medlicott is a freelance journalist in the UK who writes about human rights and social justice issues. Addtionally, she supports survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery through a project she runs in Cardiff, Wales. 

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