Gaza’s children face summer without play due to conflict

Faten Nabhan, a mother of six in Gaza City, struggles to provide her children with educational and recreational activities during the summer, as their lives have been upended by ongoing conflict and displacement. Since the start of the war in October 2023, children are tasked with survival activities like collecting water and food instead of enjoying summer camps. UNICEF has highlighted the dire lack of safe environments for children’s development in Gaza, emphasizing the importance of play for psychological healing. Meanwhile, some families, like Asmaa Saleh’s, find limited opportunities for education and community support amidst the devastation.

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