Military violence everywhere takes a heavy toll on children and its impact can be long lasting. During his recent US tour, Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei, the head of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, repeatedly stressed that trauma for Palestinian children is never ‘post’ but is triggered anew by Israel’s occasional missile strikes and the constant buzzing of drones flying overhead. Years following a major military attack, mental health professionals have discovered that the trauma experienced by Gaza’s children is “relentlessly ongoing and reactivated.” Child Trauma In Gaza (Video link)
Four out of five children in the Gaza Strip suffer from depression,
sadness and fear caused by fifteen years of the Israeli blockade on the territory
Report by Save the Children
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