While all Palestinian children have been traumatized, some as far as being unable to speak, this page is for the few who were able to express their trauma, fear and what they saw.
ATTACKS ON INNOCENT CHILDREN CANNOT BE NORMALISED
Children – afraid and traumatized
Children lost the ability to speak
I’m tired of war, I want to go to dad. We’re all tired of life
When asked what she wants, Kinda replied: I want my father. Her father was killed by Israelis
Terrified child – though not injured, but his mother is asking him to repeat after her a call for help and that there is no time and they are in mortal danger.
Terrified child afraid to cross the alleged safe passage and is being reassured by a man that it will all be well.
From Mogamaa Nasser
5 year old Faisal Al Khaldi narrates how Israel shot at him and his family
His name is Faisal Al Khaldi. Israel killed his entire family in front of him – his mother, father, 6 of his relatives, his grandmother and grandfather. He himself is severely injured in his legs and has a large hole in his stomach.
Faisal al Khaldi talking to BissanThe Khaldi family. Only 5 year old Faisal survived
An extremely traumatized toddler. The toddler had a seizure and died.
Sumaya Al-Zahar (9) lost her home as well as her mother, two of her brothers, and six of her family members. She now lives in the rubble of her home with her younger siblings, after she became responsible for them and played the role of mother.
She is caring for her siblings after they lost their entire family and their home. The siblings include a pair of twins who cannot find milk.
He has lost his parents and this elder brother is taking care of his siblings
Children who lost everything
little girl created for herself a pair of shoes with plastic bottle
16 Feb, 2024: A girl freezes in terror after mistaking thunder for an Israeli airstrike
A story of survival 13-year-old takes care of seven siblings amid the war in Gaza17 Feb, 2024: Boy scraping together the remains of his mother
17 Feb 2024: Orders to evacuate
She lost her entire family
Children alone baby sitting each other
I’m not afraid. I’m just calling for my mom and dad.They bombed my school
Children are so traumatized, they lose the ability to speak28 Feb 2024: A little girl consoles her elder sister after their parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Al Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza CityMommy come out and hug us
About a 5-year old toddler in Gaza29 March: Youmna el-Sayed, @AJEnglish reporter, tells Swedish media she saw an 11 or 12-year-old boy coming out of an ambulance at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis
11 year old Dareen Al Bayaa Israel murdered her entire family
31 March: I just wanted to see my father. I saw him and 10 of my family dead but I wanted to just see him.
13 Feb, 2024: Dr. Mads Gilbert wrote: “11-years old Dima Hnaideq when she describes her life as a child under the iron heel of ISraeli occupation: homeless and displaced with her mother to shelters, starving, looking for water, no money, no school, no playing – and all her 11 years of life has been under siege, occupation and repeated Israeli attacks. She has one wish: ceasefire! Stop the war! WE MUST DO MORE! Dr. Mads”
1 April: Toddler crying and calling for his mother who was killed
This 11 years old Palestinian girl has become the sole carer for her infant brother after their mother was killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza
7 April: He endured a nearly four-day journey to a Rafah camp, following the loss of his family in an Israeli bombing in Gaza
Orphaned child found
12 year old boy traumatized – smiles then bursts into tears
