In Gaza, cars have been replaced with animal-drawn carts

Just a few weeks ago, carts drawn by donkeys and horses were a rare sight in the Gaza Strip.

But as the Israeli military wreaked destruction across Gaza and besieged an already blockaded territory, a suffocating lack of fuel has made it impossible for people to move around the strip in their cars.

People have suddenly found themselves forced to rely on animal-led carts as the main means of transport.

"Prior to the war, we practically only used carts to roam the neighbourhood and sell vegetables, fruits and certain products. Today, people need them as a means of transportation," Abu Mohammed Azaiza, an owner of a cart and a horse, told Middle East Eye. 

MEE journalist Maha Hussaini reports from Gaza on how carts have become the main mode of transport.

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