Childhood placed on hold


A boy mourning for his father, who was killed in a strike in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip. — Saher Alghorra/The New York Times

TO numb the traumas of wartime in the Gaza Strip, 12-year-old Rahma Abu Abed plays a game with her friends.

They ask one another: What did you eat before the war? What did your home look like? What would you wear if you had new clothes?

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