Amina Abu Maghasib’s livelihood rests on one animal: a donkey that pulls the cart she uses to transport people around Gaza, where more than a year of conflict has led to a widespread shortage of fuel for cars, AFP reports.

The lack of fuel and destruction in the territory since the conflict began last year has made donkey-pulled carts one of the few remaining forms of transport. Displaced Gazans fleeing fighting or air strikes pile aboard them to rush to safety with their belongings.

For others, a donkey cart is virtually the only form of transportation.