She screams when someone comes near : Gaza children in trauma
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
Reuters
GAZA (Reuters) - Three weeks since Suzy Eshkuntana was pulled from the rubble of her house, destroyed by an Israeli air strike, the six-year-old girl has barely spoken except to ask for her mother and four siblings who were killed that day.
Her life turned upside down, Suzy and her father are now living with her uncle, who said she barely eats, doesn t sleep well and cannot muster the will to play. She asks a lot about her mother, and we tell her mama is in heaven, said Suzy s uncle Ramzi, who said she previously was full of energy.
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GAZA: Three weeks since Suzy Eshkuntana was pulled from the rubble of her house, destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, the six-year-old girl has barely spoken except to ask for her mother and four siblings who were killed that day.
Her life turned upside down, Suzy and her father are now living with her uncle, who said she barely eats, doesn’t sleep well and cannot muster the will to play.
“She asks a lot about her mother, and we tell her mama is in heaven,” said Suzy’s uncle Ramzi, who said she previously was full of energy.
Around half of Gaza children could be in need of psychological support: UN
2 hours ago Palestinian children participate in a mental health support session in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. File/ Reuters
Half of young people in Gaza - around 500,000 children - could be in need of psychological support after 11 days of fighting in May between the enclave s Hamas rulers and Israel, according to officials from the UN children s fund UNICEF.
At least 66 children were among over 250 Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
A psychologist plays with Palestinian girl Suzy Eshkuntana in Gaza. Reuters
Around half of Gaza s two million population are under 18. Many carry the trauma of three previous wars and several other violent conflicts fought between Israel and Hamas group since 2008, psychologists said.
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