"Many children, their eyes wide with shock, cling to the arms of rescuers after explosions tear through their neighbourhoods. Some images are too horrific to show, with small bodies crushed beneath rubble, homes erased in an instant, and the innocence of youth replaced by trauma. These faces, once vibrant and full of life, grow thinner and paler, fading under the weight of hunger and loss."
"One such image, taken on May 21, 2024, by Ashraf Amra, shows a child with a broken arm wrapped in plaster, lying on a hospital floor stained with blood. He stares fixedly up at the camera, the blood on the floor seeping closer to his uninjured shoulder. He was one of the injured Palestinians brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital following Israeli attacks on the Bureij refugee camp in Deir el-Balah."
"Also among them are Gaza's women - mothers, teachers, doctors, journalists, and caregivers, carrying heavy loads, both physical and emotional. Some are guided by faith, in mosques or churches. The older generation bears the eyes of displacement, having lived through such events before. One of the most powerful images shows Palestinian woman Inas Abu Maamar, 36, embracing the body of her 5-year-old niece Sally, who was killed in an Israeli strike,"
Explosions tear through neighborhoods, leaving children injured, bodies crushed beneath rubble, homes destroyed, and youth replaced by trauma. Children cling to rescuers, with many growing thinner and paler under hunger and loss. One image shows a child with a broken arm on a bloodstained hospital floor after attacks on the Bureij refugee camp. Women—mothers, teachers, doctors, journalists, and caregivers—shoulder physical and emotional burdens, guided sometimes by faith. Older generations display the marks of repeated displacement. A photograph of a woman embracing her dead five-year-old niece at a hospital morgue captured profound grief and won international recognition.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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