The dark side of Gaza’s new fancy cafes and restaurants

Social media is full of posts showing off photos and videos of fancy-looking cafes and restaurants in Gaza. Pro-Israeli accounts often use these images to claim that life is back to normal in Gaza, that people are not suffering and that no genocide ever took place. These cafes and restaurants do exist. I have seen them myself. In late March, I went on my first visit to Gaza City since the war started. I was shocked to see the destruction wrought on the city. …