在加沙城，以色列的炸弹摧毁了其标志性的高楼，留下满目疮痍。32岁的阿西尔·卢（Assil al-Louh）有充分的理由渴望选举，因为她从未有机会参与过任何一次投票。加沙地带最后一次全国投票是在2006年，当时哈马斯宣布获胜，随后以铁腕手段统治该地区。这位拥有信息技术学位、育有三个孩子且目前失业的母亲，希望看到新的巴勒斯坦领导人出现。她通过电话告诉我们——这是目前联系加沙居民的唯方式，因为以色列已禁止外国媒体进入近三年——“人们需要改变，心态才能改变”。
In Gaza City, scarred by Israeli bombs that have erased its iconic towers, Assil al-Louh has no shortage of reasons to want elections. At 32, she has never been able to take part in one. The last national vote held in the Gaza Strip was in 2006, when Hamas claimed victory and then ruled the territory with an iron fist. The mother of three, who has a degree in information technology and is now unemployed, would like to see new Palestinian leaders emerge. "People need to change for mindsets to change," she told us by phone – the only way to reach Gaza's residents, as Israel has barred foreign media from entering for nearly three years.
但至于现在是否投票？她几乎没有犹豫：“我们还没准备好。”在加沙，超过80%的建筑已受损，当务之急在于寻找饮用水、搜寻食物以及保护孩子免受以色列袭击。“甚至连像样的道路都没有，”卢补充道。自2008年以来，她已历经五次以色列的攻势。最近一次攻势在2024年12月夺走了她29岁兄弟的生命。原则上，近300万巴勒斯坦人，其中包括124万加沙居民，被号召在11月28日选举他们的议会。
But to vote now? She barely hesitates: "We are not ready." In Gaza, where more than 80% of buildings have been damaged, priorities lie elsewhere: finding drinking water, searching for food, protecting children from Israeli attacks. "There aren't even passable roads," al-Louh added. She has survived five Israeli offensives since 2008. The last one killed her 29-year-old brother in December 2024. Nearly 3 million Palestinians, including 1.24 million Gazans, are, in principle, being called to elect their Parliament on November 28.