Netzarim corridor: Israel’s ‘axis of death’ for Palestinians

Earlier this year, when a rumour spread that Palestinians could travel from southern Gaza to the north, Sabreen Lashin was one of the first to attempt to return home.

But, much to her disappointment, the mother from Gaza City’s al-Shati refugee camp was blocked by Israeli forces occupying the so-called Netzarim corridor, or the “axis of death” as Palestinians refer to it.

Fed up with the miserable life of displacement she had endured in southern Gaza for a year and three months, she refused to give up.

Along with five other women, she attempted to explain to the soldiers the harsh living conditions in southern Gaza. 

There, she had been displaced 14 times, each time seeking safety from Israeli bombardment, but to no avail. 

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