In the second story of this special series, Stephanie Freid spoke to a young Israeli surfer named Yuval. The 22-year-old says she welcomes future opportunities to ride the waves alongside Gaza peers but she doesn't quite believe that's ever going to happen.

YUVAL GLASER SURFER, TEL AVIV "When I turned twelve, I got my first board and then I just started surfing from then. It's just like my passion. Whenever there's nothing to do, there's always something to do. I'm always gonna go for a surf."

Born in South Africa, raised in Australia, currently living in Israel. Yuval was swimming before she could walk.

She surfs all over the world.

YUVAL GLASER SURFER, TEL AVIV "South Africa, Australia, the Maldives, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, I found a beach in Thailand to surf at."

Her home is half an hour's drive from the nearest Palestinian city but it was while traveling that she met Palestinians for the first and only time.

YUVAL GLASERSURFER, TEL AVIV "I was climbing a mountain in Indonesia and we were all, everyone was saying where they were from. And my friend and I were like: yeah we're from Israel and a couple behind us were like: we're from Palestine. All of a sudden there was this tension between us, we didn't know how to speak to each other, what to say, how to act and we didn't speak the whole time. Although both of us were like dying to ask."

The political situation fosters segregation. Despite serving in Israeli military intelligence, Yuval prefers to shut politics out.

YUVAL GLASER SURFER, TEL AVIV "It sounds self-indulged but I've got so much stuff going on that it doesn't interest me. I don't think about it in my daily routine. Tomorrow I might be in danger but I guess we just get so used to it so it's just life."

She's not tracking peace deal news and she's not optimistic about prospects for peace.

YUVAL GLASER SURFER, TEL AVIV "I feel like it will never end. Like there will never be peace. Even though everyone wants peace, blah blah blah, there will never be, there will always be something wrong, there will always be conflict."

But if there was a surf competition off the coast of Gaza, and she could get access and security guarantees, she says she wouldn't hesitate to go.

STEPHANIE FREID, CGTN, TEL AVIV.