24岁的Ahmad Mohsen坐在Deir el-Balah一家出售预付互联网接入卡的商店里。三年前，在以色列对加沙的种族灭绝战争开始之前，他想象了一个不同的未来。他毕业时获得了护理学位，正准备完成获得专业执照所需的程序。他梦想在医院工作，攻读硕士学位或参加专业课程。但战争把他推向了另一条道路。
Ahmad Mohsen, 24, sits in a shop selling prepaid internet access cards in Deir el-Balah. Three years ago, before Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza started, he imagined a different future. He had graduated with a degree in nursing and was preparing to complete the procedures required to obtain his professional licence. He dreamed of working in a hospital, pursuing a master’s degree or taking specialised courses. But the war pushed him onto a different path.
在战争的头几个月，Mohsen在Deir el-Balah的Al-Aqsa烈士医院担任志愿者，在大量伤员和死者中工作，之后由于缺乏工资，他开始寻找其他工作。
During the first months of the war, Mohsen worked as a volunteer at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, amid large numbers of wounded and dead, before the lack of pay led him to look for other work.
他说：“我累了，我的努力没有得到回报，所以我开始寻找另一份至少能给我一点收入的工作。”
“I got tired, and I wasn’t being paid for my efforts, so I started looking for another job that would give me at least a small income,” he said.
定于11月28日举行的巴勒斯坦立法选举将是穆赫辛的首次全国投票，也是自2006年以来的首次巴勒斯坦立法选举。莫森有他的优先事项：他希望候选人解决他这一代人面临的问题，包括失业保障、住房、教育和医疗保健。
upcoming Palestinian legislative elections scheduled for November 28, would be Mohsen’s first national vote, and the first Palestinian legislative election since 2006. Mohsen has his priorities: he wants candidates to address problems facing his generation, including unemployment security, housing, education and healthcare.
“我想要的第一件事是能够找到一份稳定的工作，薪水不错，这样我就可以养活自己和家人，第二件事是有保障，”他说。
“The first thing I want is to be able to find a stable job with a decent salary so I can support myself and my family, and the second thing is to have security,” he said.
莫赫森的担忧在加沙的巴勒斯坦人中很常见，那里的失业率约为80%。经过以色列多年的封锁和导致74，000多名巴勒斯坦人死亡的战争，该飞地的经济已被摧毁。
Mohsen’s concerns are common among Palestinians in Gaza, where unemployment sits at about 80 percent. The enclave’s economy has been destroyed following years of Israeli blockade and its war that has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians.
他的家人在加沙萨拉赫丁街以东拥有土地，以色列限制进入该地区，使他无法到达该地区。他希望，根据2025年10月的停火协议，以色列很快从该地区撤军，并允许重建工作在被毁的领土上开始。对于莫赫森来说，如果选举不能改善人们生活，那么选举还不够。
His family owns land east of Gaza’s Salah al-Din Street, in an area Israel restricts access to leaving him unable to reach it. He hopes that, in accordance with the October 2025 ceasefire agreement, Israel will soon withdraw from the area and allow for reconstruction to begin in the devastated territory. For Mohsen, elections are not enough if they do not translate into improvements in people’s lives.
“候选人应当设身处地地为民众着想，用民众的声音说话，而不是别人的声音。他们应当代表我们这些20年来饱受战争与破坏之苦的年轻人发声。这种状况必须结束了，”他说道。
“A candidate should put themselves in the people’s place and speak with the people’s voice, not someone else’s voice. They should speak for us, the young people who have been wronged for 20 years through wars and destruction. There needs to be an end to this,” he said.
艾哈迈德·穆森希望巴勒斯坦的立法选举能切实改善自己的生活。[莉娜·加桑·阿布·扎耶德/半岛电视台] 民主的记忆 与穆森不同，53岁的加桑·马尔万对2006年的选举记忆犹新，那次选举哈马斯取得了胜利。
Ahmad Mohsen hopes that the Palestinian legislative elections will bring about some material improvement to his life [Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed/Al Jazeera] Democratic memories Unlike Mohsen, Ghassan Marwan, 53, carries memories of the 2006 elections, which were won by Hamas.
马尔万曾是一名金匠，后来创办了一家工厂，成为全家人的经济来源。
Marwan previously worked as a goldsmith and established a factory that became his family’s source of income.
2006年投票时，他期望选举能改善民众生活、带来安全与就业机会，让子女拥有更稳定的未来。他记得自己曾在努塞拉特的一所学校里，为以独立政治家穆斯塔法·巴尔古蒂为首的候选人名单投票，并称那次选举过程透明公正。
When he went to the polls in 2006, he hoped the elections would help improve people’s lives, provide security and jobs, and give his children a more stable future. He remembers voting at a school in Nuseirat for a list headed by the independent politician Mustafa Barghouti, and says the experience was transparent and fair.
“我亲眼见证了极高的透明度与诚信度，那简直就是一场民主的庆典。可惜的是，过去20年里这样的场景再未出现，”马尔万说道。
“I witnessed a great deal of transparency and integrity. It was like a democratic celebration. But unfortunately, that experience was not repeated over the past 20 years,” Marwan said.
20年过去，他的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。2024年1月，战争导致他失去了家园与工厂。30多年的辛勤劳作再也无法为他和家人带来曾经期盼的安稳生活。
Twenty years later, his life has completely changed. He lost his home and his factory in January 2024, during the war. More than 30 years of work can no longer guarantee the stability he had sought for his family.
“失去了家园和生计之后，你还能奢求什么呢？如今你只盼着国家能重建、恢复平静与安全，”他说道。
“After losing your home and your source of income, what else do you want? All you hope for is reconstruction, calm and security in the country,” he said.
马尔万坦言，最令他心痛的是看到孩子们住在帐篷里，而非他原本希望为他们营造的安稳家园。战争还让他不得不重新去做那些多年打拼后本以为再也不会碰到的苦活——比如寻找水源并长途搬运。
What hurts Marwan most, he said, is seeing his children living among tents instead of in the stable home he had hoped to provide. The war has also brought him back to tasks he never imagined he would face after years of work, such as searching for water and carrying it over long distances.
“这么多年过去了，我仍然需要从很远的地方挑水来用。这种情况会一直持续下去吗？我今年53岁了，再过10年就60岁了，到那时恐怕再也扛不动这样的重担了，”他说道。马尔万认为，这些状况也影响了民众对政治的兴趣。
“After all these years, I am carrying water from far away. Am I going to remain in this situation? I am 53 today. In 10 years, I will be in my 60s, and I will not be able to carry this burden,” he said. Marwan believes these circumstances have also affected people’s interest in politics.
“我们对政治的兴趣在下降，并非因为政治与我们无关，而是因为种种挫败感和绝望情绪不断累积。如今人们只关心如何维持生计、养活家人，”他补充道。
“Our interest in politics has declined, not because it does not concern us, but because of all the frustration and despair that have accumulated. People have become preoccupied with how to get by and secure their daily bread,” he added.
尽管周遭满目疮痍、流离失所，但选举的前景仍让他在希望与怀疑之间摇摆不定。
The prospect of elections amid the widespread destruction and displacement around him nevertheless leaves him torn between hope and scepticism.
“有时我觉得谈论选举简直像是个笑话，因为根本不具备举行选举的必要条件，”他说道。
“Sometimes I feel that talking about elections is almost a joke, because there are no clear conditions for holding them,” he said.
恢复民生是首要任务 巴勒斯坦中央选举委员会正筹备在被占领的约旦河西岸、东耶路撒冷以及加沙地带举行选举。据估计，加沙约有124万巴勒斯坦人具备投票资格。
Recovery is priority The Palestinian Central Elections Commission is preparing to hold the vote in the occupied West Bank, occupied East Jerusalem and Gaza. It estimates that about 1.24 million Palestinians in Gaza will be eligible to vote.
据该委员会驻加沙地区主任贾米勒·哈利迪介绍，由于以色列发动战争以来当地遭受大规模破坏且出现大量流离失所者，选举工作面临着物流与安全方面的诸多挑战。为此，委员会已制定应急预案，以便在以色列限制物资进入加沙的情况下就地印制选举材料。
According to Jamil al-Khalidi, the commission’s regional director in Gaza, the process faces logistical and security challenges because of the scale of destruction in the territory and the mass displacement that has occurred since Israel’s war started. The commission has prepared contingency plans to produce election materials locally in case Israel restricts the entry of supplies into Gaza.
对于常驻加沙的政治分析家兼作家伊亚德·卡拉而言，战争并未消减巴勒斯坦人对政治的关注，只是改变了他们对政治的期望。
For Gaza-based political analyst and writer Iyad al-Qarra, the war has not eliminated Palestinians’ interest in politics, but has instead changed what they expect politics to deliver.
他指出，经历了近三年的流离失所、家园被毁以及生计丧失之后，如今加沙的巴勒斯坦民众对政治的要求已直接关联到未来领导人能否帮助他们重建正常生活，而不再仅仅是管理政府机构或喊出政治口号。
After nearly three years of displacement, destruction and lost livelihoods, he argued that political demands from Palestinians in Gaza have become directly linked to the ability of future leaders to restore a normal life, rather than simply administer institutions or offer political slogans.
阿尔-卡拉表示，当前的首要任务是选出能够代表民众并满足其基本需求的领导层。这些需求中最紧要的便是重建加沙地带、恢复基础设施以及医疗和教育体系，从而为民众创造重新恢复正常生活与生计的条件。
Al-Qarra says that the priority is a leadership capable of representing people and meeting their basic needs, foremost among them rebuilding Gaza, restoring infrastructure and the health and education sectors, and creating conditions that allow people to regain their lives and livelihoods.
“鉴于加沙地带付出了巨大代价，民众普遍渴望出现一个将地区复苏置于首要任务的领导层，”阿尔-卡拉说道。
“There is a widespread desire for leadership that puts Gaza’s recovery at the top of its priorities, given the heavy price the Strip has paid,” al-Qarra said.