Eva Woolridge
There’s a story from last week I can’t get out of my head: A Palestinian family takes a taxi to their daughter’s home in Gaza City, five minutes away, on the last day of Ramadan, because they thought they’d be safer from the ongoing Israeli airstrikes. They’re unpacking the car when suddenly a military drone strikes, killing the taxi driver, the father, the mother, and wounding the son, 28. For many American Jews who were raised to see Palestinians as the enemy, it might come as a shock to recognize the Israeli military as the aggressor in this situation, or to mourn the victims of that strike. But this week, I mourn.
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Israel-Palestinian conflict traumatic for children in the region
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Originally published on May 20, 2021 11:25 am
The battle between Israel and Hamas is taking a deep toll on people in the Gaza Strip, where families are being forced to live in a war zone. And in separate interviews with NPR, two people one in Gaza, one in Israel who spoke about the violence also discussed their desire to keep children safe.
One view came from Gaza, where a father of a young son says he is desperate for safety and security conditions that seem hopelessly out of reach amid sustained airstrikes and artillery barrages conducted by Israel. We just don t want to die under the rubble of our houses, says Bilal Shbair, an English teacher who lives in the central Gaza Strip.