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Related: About this forumIn Pictures: 'I miss my games and red dress'
Gaza's children talk about the loss of the places in which they once felt safe, their small universes - their bedrooms.Anne Paq Last updated: 11 Nov 2014
More than 108,000 Palestinians lost their homes during the latest Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, dubbed Operation Protective Edge, with more than 60,000 housing units destroyed or damaged, forcing one in four Palestinians in Gaza to flee.
Around 110,000 people are still displaced. And the majority of them are children.
Their bedrooms were their safe place, their small universe, but that was destroyed this summer. According to the UN, it will take 20 years to rebuild the parts of Gaza that were damaged.
A simple question was asked of some children: What do you miss most from your room?
Saber, 12, from Juhor ad-Dik, misses his toy computer the most.
Sanabel, 10, from Shujayea, and her 6-year-old sister, Haifa. Sanabel misses her teddy bear and Haifa her doll.
Mohammed, 11, from Beit Hanoun, misses his computer and his books. His home was one of the 90 flats destroyed by Israeli attacks on al-Nada towers.
Yarra Ziada, 9, from Shujayea, misses her games and red dress. She is afraid that the bombings will start again.
Asma Nofal, 2, from Beit Hanoun, lived in al-Nada towers.
Khalil, 6, from Shujayea, misses his red kite the most.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2014/11/pictures-i-miss-my-games-red-dr-201411693347431796.html
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In Pictures: 'I miss my games and red dress' (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Nov 2014
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Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)1. Fifteen great and glorious victories for Israel. n/t
bemildred
(90,061 posts)2. +1. nt
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)3. The girl in the purple dress breaks my heart...
well, they all do, but that one especially. She reminds me of my one year old granddaughter.