A Gazan perfume vendor has developed a line of fragrances packaged in rocket-shaped bottles to mimic the projectiles launched by Palestinian militant groups from the Gaza Strip into Israel. He says he was inspired to design the bottles after the devastating 2021 war between Israel and Gaza, which killed over 250 Palestinians and 13 people in Israel. Each bottle is designed after a different rocket that militant groups such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the armed offshoot of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party launched toward Israel during the war. The vendor, Hamza Abu Saraya, and customers say that the bottles are a form of resistance to Israeli occupation.
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Shopkeeper Hamza Abu Saraya, the owner of the popular perfumery in the besieged Gaza Strip, said he first came up with idea to design perfume bottles shaped like militant rockets during the Israel-Gaza war in 2021 — the fourth since the militant group Hamas seized control of the area in 2007. Upon entering the store, clouds of incense give way to rich, floral scents coming from the miniature iron rockets, each labeled with the name of the projectile they represent.
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