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Gaza professionals keep working from tents after offices are destroyed
Professionals in Gaza are using tents as offices, clinics and shops after many workplaces were destroyed.
Dr Mohammed al-Khalidi, a prosthetics and orthotics specialist, now treats patients in a tent in al-Mawasi, in southern Gaza.
Israeli bombing destroyed three of his clinics in Rafah and Khan Younis, so he salvaged equipment and continued working from a temporary space.
His tent has limited room, unreliable electricity, intense heat and loud noise.
He says continuing care matters because patients need prosthetic limbs, orthotic devices and follow-up treatment, and 5,000 to 6,000 people in Gaza underwent amputations between October 2023 and October 2025.
More than four in five buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since the war began in October 2023, while high rents make replacement office space unaffordable for many professionals.
Tent-based work has spread since displacement began in late 2023, and more such businesses appeared after a ceasefire was announced in October 2025.
Gaza professionals are continuing to work from tents after offices, clinics and shops were destroyed.
Dr Mohammed al-Khalidi treats patients in a tent in al-Mawasi after three clinics were destroyed.
Other professionals, including a civil engineer, have also moved their work into tents after losing offices and homes.
Limited space, unreliable electricity, heat and noise make tent-based work difficult.
The article says more than four-in-five buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since the war began in 2023.
- Who
- Gaza professionals, including prosthetics specialist Dr Mohammed al-Khalidi and civil engineer Omar al-Tawashi.
- What
- They are continuing their work from tents after their offices and other workplaces were destroyed.
- When
- The practice emerged in December 2023 and expanded after a ceasefire was announced in October 2025.
- Where
- Across Gaza, including al-Mawasi, Rafah, Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah.
- Why
- Destruction and unaffordable rents have made it difficult to find other workspaces.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Working from a temporary space is nothing like working in a fully equipped clinic, but for me, it is better than stopping the service altogether.
Patients who need prosthetic limbs or orthotic devices cannot always wait until conditions return to normal.
My move to a tent was not a professional choice. It was a direct result of the destruction of the place where I used to work, compounded by the rental crisis, which made finding an alternative office extremely difficult.
Israel’s war on Gaza began, according to the article.
The practice of working from tents emerged after Khan Younis residents were displaced to a narrow coastal strip.
Al-Khalidi’s clinic on al-Bahr Street in Rafah was destroyed.
An Israeli air strike destroyed al-Tawashi’s office.
Al-Khalidi’s second and third clinics in Khan Younis’s Old City were destroyed.
A ceasefire was announced, after which more tent offices, surgeries and shops emerged across Gaza.
- Al-Khalidi’s current workplace
- A tent in al-Mawasi, southern Gaza
- Al-Khalidi’s first clinic destroyed
- Al-Bahr Street, Rafah, in April 2024
- Al-Tawashi’s office destroyed
- August 2024
- Buildings damaged or destroyed
- More than four-in-five in Gaza
- People who underwent amputations
- 5,000 to 6,000 between October 2023 and October 2025
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