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War s trauma apparent in portraits of Gazan children
Aya Batrawy
Suzy Ishkontana, 7, clings to her new toys and clothes, but mostly to her dad.
For hours, they were separated under the rubble of their family’s home. Now she cannot bear to be apart.
More than two months have passed since rescue workers pulled the 7-year-old from the ruins, her hair matted and dusty, her face bruised and swollen. The sole survivors of the family, she and her father heard the fading cries of her siblings buried nearby.
Suzy’s mother, her two brothers and two sisters ages 9 to 2 died in the May 16 Israeli attack on the densely packed al-Wahda Street in Gaza City. Israeli authorities say the bombs’ target was Hamas tunnels; 42 people died, including 16 women and 10 children.
War’s trauma apparent in portraits of Gazan children
Altogether, 66 children were killed in the fourth war on the Gaza Strip By AYA BATRAWY and FELIPE DANA, Associated Press
Published: July 21, 2021, 2:41pm
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5 Photos Suzy Ishkontana, 7, poses for a portrait in the house of a family member where she is currently living after her house was destroyed in an airstrike during an 11-day war in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Suzy s mother, her two brothers and two sisters ages 9 to 2 died in the May 16 Israeli attack on the densely packed al-Wahda Street in Gaza City. Israeli authorities say the bombs target was Hamas tunnels; 42 people died, including 16 women and 10 children. My kids who died and my wife, they are now in a safe place and there is no worry about them, but my greater fear is for Suzy, says her father, Riad Ishkontana. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Aya Batrawy And Felipe Dana
Thaim Abu Oda, 5, poses for a portrait at the end of a therapy session at the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme center in Gaza City, on Thursday, June 10, 2021. For 11 days in May, the boy s life was devastated by war by the terrifying boom of fighter jets overhead and the bombs that shook his neighborhood. He stopped eating. He lost more than 5 kilograms (11 pounds). His face became gaunt and his ribs protruded. He lost sleep, too, especially after hearing his grandfather had survived an airstrike on his building and had been hospitalized for breathing problems. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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