Indeed, among Gaza’s 840,000 children – of which 588,000 are refugees – Ayman’s story is luckier than many. Since the recent escalation of violence that began last month, at least 33 Palestinian boys and girls have been killed and many more injured or maimed – caught in the crossfire, shot in their living rooms, or struck by explosions in their own backyards. On February 28, four children playing soccer were hit by a missile, which dismembered them so completely their own families could not identify their bodies.
L’expérience d’Ayman n’est malheureusement que trop fréquente dans les voisinages surpeuplés et étouffant de Gaza, où ce sont les moins responsables de cette situation qui souffrent le plus. Pourtant, parmi les 840,000 enfants de Gaza- 555,000 d’entre eux sont des réfugiés- Ayman semble avoir plus de chance que beaucoup d’autres.