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96% of Gaza Children Think Death Is Imminent: Study Highlights Devastating Emotional Toll of Genocide

HeadlineDec 13, 2024

In Gaza, an Israeli airstrike on Thursday ripped through a post office sheltering displaced Palestinian families in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 33 Palestinians, with 84 others wounded or missing. Elsewhere, separate Israeli strikes killed at least 13 people in Rafah and Khan Younis. Palestinian medics said those killed were part of a force protecting humanitarian aid trucks.

This comes as a new study finds 96% of children in Gaza feel that their death is imminent, and nearly half said they wished to die. Four out of five children surveyed suffer from nightmares, and nearly three-quarters show signs of aggression. The study was conducted by the charity War Child Alliance, which said in a statement, “Alongside the leveling of hospitals, schools and homes, a trail of psychological destruction has caused wounds unseen but no less destructive on children who hold no responsibility for this war.”

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