The war on Gaza has cost me and so many others dearly. Yet the death of my childhood friend Walaa al-Moqaide, killed by an Israeli attack in April on the al-Nuseirat camp, has been the hardest.
I met Walaa when I was in the first grade, in 2007.
Her father had died when she was a baby, and she would often talk about wanting a father. Her mother was everything to her.
We studied alongside each other throughout elementary and middle school in Jabaliya in northern Gaza and became close friends.
I remember so many of her likes and dislikes. She loved popcorn, hated English and math, and her favorite food was fried fish and rice. ….more
