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A year after the Gaza ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025, residents and aid workers describe continued hardship with little rehabilitation or return to normalcy: many Gazans remain in tents, face daily fears of airstrikes, and say life has not meaningfully improved. Reports describe Palestinians dying from preventable illness due to lack of medical care and an ongoing Israeli blockade, with one case highlighting a woman who survived years of bombardment only to die under blockade conditions after returning to her ruined home in northern Gaza. Amid the hardship, some normalcy is slowly returning in pockets, such as Taekwondo athletes resuming training in Al-Bureij camp, but residents say blame for the lack of recovery extends beyond just Hamas or Israel to the broader international and reconstruction failures.