Abdelkarim became the breadwinner for his family after Israel killed his father.
On 23 October last, the family’s home was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike.
“I don’t know how I was pulled out alive,” Abdelkarim, 10, said.
With the help of neighbors, Abdelkarim found his mother. She was alive but injured in her head and legs.
His father and his two older brothers – both in their twenties – were killed.
The surviving members of the family had to flee al-Nafaq, an area in Gaza City. Israel’s troops were approaching it in tanks.
On their first night in southern Gaza, the family slept on the street. ….more
