As a physician, the only way I know how to illustrate the depth of desperation is to do it through cases and stories that we saw.
Rasha and Ahmed were born one year apart. Rasha was 10, Ahmed was 11. Their mother was a PhD, and they hoped one day they would follow in her footsteps.
On June 10, the Israelis dropped two missiles on their homes. They were able to pull them from beneath the rubble. No warning, no evacuation or displacement order. Just indiscriminate bombing.
At that moment, Rasha, so traumatized, decided that she would write her own will. A Palestinian child writing their will.
Three months later, on September 30, another bomb found Rasha, this time killing her. When her family brought her to one of the hospitals, they laid her and Ahmed on the cold floor – there were no beds left. Like so many kids I saw, she could even be taken to the morgue. It was already full.
I’d like to take a moment to read her will…..more
