Gaza children are showing more signs of trauma, two weeks after Israel’s deadly bombardment, with no safe place to hide from the falling bombs, say parents and psychiatrists living in the small, crowded area There is no and there is very little chance of relief.
Nearly half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are children, living under almost constant bombardment and many packed into makeshift shelters in UN-run schools after fleeing their homes with little food or clean water. Are.
Israel is expected to launch a ground attack on Gaza soon in response to a cross-border attack by Hamas fighters on southern Israel on October 7, which killed more than 1,400 people, with 210 others taken hostage.
Gaza psychiatrist Fadel Abu Hein said, “Children … are beginning to develop symptoms of severe trauma such as convulsions, bed-wetting, fear, aggressive behavior, anxiety and not leaving their parents’ side.”
