GAZA, (PIC)
Gaza children head to the sea seeking a breather from the heat of the weather, alleviating the harshness of life in dilapidated tents, as the catastrophic humanitarian conditions left by the Israeli war of genocide continue to accompany them night and day in every detail of their lives.
The living and health conditions for Palestinians remain deteriorated, amid the Israeli occupation authorities’ disclaimer of their obligations stipulated in the agreement, and their continued shelling and aggression.
Despite the decline in the intensity of the genocide, the catastrophic repercussions still impose their weight on the details of life for children, as they are still deprived of their right to regular education, amid attempts to partially compensate for it through limited educational tents established as a temporary alternative to the schools that were destroyed in the genocide.
The genocide also deprived children of their other rights to a safe life, housing, health, a clean environment, and the right to play and practice leisure time activities.
On the beach of Gaza City, dozens of children gathered in front of the sea, taking advantage of the calm of the waves, where the beach turned into a sole haven to escape the heat and the narrowness of displacement places.
Among the rocks scattered on the coast, children were busy swimming and playing using primitive floats they made from remains of household furniture, while the sounds of songs and chants for Gaza and the sea rose, in an attempt to snatch moments of joy amid the atmosphere of war.
Palestinians in the Strip live in inhuman living conditions as a result of the Israeli war of genocide, alongside Tel Aviv’s strict restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, basic materials, and reconstruction supplies.
The boy Mohammed Jouda, 15 years old, said in a conversation with Anadolu Agency that he headed with his friends to the sea to escape the high temperatures and to alleviate the pressures of war.
He added, “We came to the sea to swim and change the gloomy atmosphere of war”, pointing out that the beach has become the only place that gives them some psychological comfort.
Waving his hand toward the sea while standing among his friends, Jouda said, “The sea atmosphere is nice … we hope the war ends and we return to our previous lives.”
The child Ola Miqdad, ten years old, let out her voice in singing with her friends on the beach, and said, “We have no place to play except the sea … we want to live in peace.”
Throughout the two years of genocide, children have paid the highest price of the Israeli war according to the United Nations description, as Tel Aviv killed more than 20,000 children, and orphaned more than 56,348 children.
Children constitute 47 percent of the total population of the Gaza Strip amounting to 2.4 million people, which is approximately 980,000 people, according to a statement by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics last April.
