3/18/2024 0 Comments Red among us logo![]() ![]() “I left my land and my house to save my children from death … I have six children, the youngest is Louay, he’s nine. The 40-year-old from Abasan east of Khan Younis came to Rafah early on in the war, given how used he has become to being displaced whenever Israel launches an assault on Gaza. ‘We were screaming from the sound of the explosions,’ Tariq said of his family’s displacement Salem Baraka has gotten in on the kite game as well, but mostly for his children, he says. “I would spend my time running around the schoolyard or just sitting in the corner waiting for the night so I could sleep.” ‘My kids have aged’ “My father was trying to find food through aid or people distributing food to the displaced. “We left the house because of the bombing … we were screaming from the sound of the explosions,” he says. Tariq and his family were displaced from their home in Nassr in Gaza, to al-Shifa Hospital, then to Khan Younis. You can’t play and run like I used to in the field next to our house.” “We can’t play … we used to play football but there’s no space here between the tents. Pride and happiness are in Tariq’s words, showing how much he missed playing and being outside doing everyday things with friends. “It’s so nice to watch it rise into the sky with the wind, and to run along with it, me and my friends from the tents nearby.” Cheerful kites bobbing on the air’s currents belie the loss and sadness they fly over He made one for me and one for his son and now I can come out and play all day with my kite. “I had sticks, but didn’t have the paper so I found someone who had some paper and asked him. “I saw some kids flying kites and I asked them how I could get one, too. “When the sun rose, I came out of the tent to sit here on the sand,” he says. Tariq Khalaf, 12, has a kite, and he’s very proud of the fact. Only these people are not living in highrises or modern cities: they are packed tightly together in makeshift tents. ![]() More than 1.3 million people are displaced in Rafah right now, a density that is in the top three worldwide. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Israeli air raid hits residence, kills at least seven in Gaza’s Rafah list 2 of 4 Photos: Palestinians cling to life in Gaza’s Rafah list 3 of 4 ‘Our bodies know the pain’: Why Norway’s reindeer herders want Gaza peace list 4 of 4 US warns of ‘disaster’ amid oil slick in Red Sea from ship hit by Houthis end of list ![]()
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