UN: 1500 new orphans as a result of Israeli war
In the aftermath of Israel's latest military offensive in the Gaza Strip, dubbed "Operation Protective Edge," the process of evaluating the true extent of the damage has begun. The Gaza Strip, already battered by an eight- year old siege, has emerged from the assault shattered.
Passing through Gaza, you will meet Amir Hamad, 11, and his four siblings living in a rented house with their grandmother. They were orphaned during the war after Israeli warplanes attacked their home in Beit Hanoun, north of the Strip. The attack killed their parents and turned their house to rubble.
Amir, the oldest among them, hoped that he had been killed along with his parents in the same attack. While speaking, he burst into tears and said: "They [his parents] were drinking coffee after breakfast, when a rocket hit the house. I knew that they had died."
Looking at his younger brother Nour, 6, he went on: "I saw him swimming in a pool of blood. He was pulled out and rushed to hospital by the ambulance."
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/13958-un-1500-new-orphans-as-a-result-of-israeli-war
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