Bombs Don't Just Destroy Buildings

TL;DR

Bombings cause immediate casualties and destruction, but the prolonged aftermath severely disrupts everyday life.
The environment changes with dust, smoke, and debris, making navigation difficult and unsafe.
Essential infrastructure like transportation, electricity, water, and communication fails, rendering formerly invisible systems apparent in their absence.
Hospitals become overwhelmed, schools turn into shelters or morgues, and public spaces are reconfigured by urgency.
Fear becomes a constant condition, impacting physical and mental health due to the lack of support and constant pressure.
Caregiving tasks intensify and become more difficult without infrastructure or institutional support.
The collapse of services highlights the fragility of seemingly guaranteed aspects of life, disproportionately affecting children and women.
Well-being is not individual but a result of political, institutional, and material arrangements that can be destroyed by bombings.

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