I was shocked when I heard Yazid, 11, talking about a firebelt.
In most parts of the world, children are unfamiliar with that term. Here in Gaza, so many children have experienced a firebelt – a period of relentless bombardment.
Yazid learned the word “firebelt” when he overheard a conversation between his father and other adults around him.
“A firebelt is very loud,” Yazid said. “And you feel it.”
Yazid spoke of how everything is destroyed in a firebelt and many people can be killed.
“I am afraid that one day I will be one of the victims,” he said…..m0re
