As the atrocities in Gaza continue to haunt our screens, it is devastating to see the ways in which children have been robbed of everything.
Apart from the immediate violations of their bodies, the right to life and the deprivation of basic needs to survive, there is another loss which is intangible but not without its own consequences.
Play.
The exposure and intensity of the violence children are exposed to has meant that instead of playing, children are forced to hide-and-seek around the clock, terrified of the constant sound of bombs.
Dylan Whale | South African scholar activist, artist & story-listener
Her hair was gray, but spring lived inside her. Spring blossomed on her face with delicate flowers, spring gave warmth to passers-by who at least once looked into her face...
This is has been the way since forever. They see us as animals, they're given the green light. And as we're watching the atrocities they commit in gaza, Israeli forces are becoming more brutal towards every other Palestinian. Shooting us if they feel like it. People in Jenen are not leaving their houses because they most likely will get shot, no reason. You still want me to condemn Hamas? There is no hamas outside of gaza.