Archive for March 31st, 2024

31/03/2024

Living in the Rubble: Alaa’s Harrowing Story of Displacement

(UNRWA)* — Alaa is a young teenager from the Zaytoun neighborhood in the Gaza Strip.  She and her family, along with most of the population in Gaza, have been displaced to Rafah, all searching for safety from Israeli bombardments.

Living in the Rubble: Alaa’s Harrowing Story of Displacement

Rafah is now overrun with internally displaced people (IDPs) seeking shelter.  Home to only 300,000 people before the start of the war, it now hosts some 1.5 million Palestinians.

Alaa’s story of displacement, fear, and sadness is shared by hundreds of thousands of other children.

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