The photo of a girl in Gaza killed by an Israeli airstrike while wearing pink roller skates goes viral and draws attention to the plight of children nearly a year into the war.
A Palestinian family mourns the death of their daughter, who was killed in an Israeli attack as she was heading to play while wearing her roller skates, in Gaza City, Gaza, on Sept. 4.Countless images of dead and wounded children have been pouring out of the Gaza Strip for nearly a year, laying bare the toll of a war that’s killed tens of thousands of people.
Shrapnel sliced through the air, piercing her neck. An Israeli airstrike had struck an apartment in the building belonging to the Kiheel family, her father says. “We’re all shocked. We never imagined it,” her father says. “My other kids are in shock. It feels like a nightmare,” he says. “Her mom, may God give her fortitude, is dazed.. She can’t believe what’s happened.”
The father shares photos of the family’s life before the war with NPR. In one, Tala’s got her arms wrapped around her dad’s neck in a pool. In others, she’s dolled up in dresses, headbands, a Daisy Duck sweater, her school uniform. In another, she’s caked in foam and laughing.A young girl’s last wishes and biggest fear
The day before she died, Abu Ajwa says his daughter told him she dreamed of becoming a dentist and going back to school. The U.N. says most of Gaza’s schools have been destroyed or damaged in the war. Children haven’t been in school in nearly a year, with classrooms turned into crowded shelters for displaced families with nowhere else to go.
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