My daughter’s rebellion in the besieged Gaza Israel’s conflict and the two

A few days ago, my 30 -year -old daughter, Yasmine, walked, who has special needs, in our small place in the school shelter. Her steps were nice, but she was designed. I can see her eyes shining with joy. She listened to interest because she was struggling to speak.

“Dad …, I ate … chocolate!” She said a victory.

My mind started to race, trying to unite what I heard. Where did Yasmine get chocolate?

For many years, Yasmine lived in a world with his own rhythm and the language of affection and wonder. Unfortunately, when she was only four months old, she was left with severe fever with a growth disability. At the age of seven, she suffered from chronic bronchitis and underwent lung surgery in Egypt, which affected its health and development.

We tried to provide a comfortable life for Jasmine as much as we could. We have equipped her room with a computer, tablet, coloring books and playing of all kinds – building blocks, blood, balloons, and even a hanging swing from the ceiling.

We also consulted specialists who described Yasmine as a special medicine. We have organized various internal and external activities. Hide-Andeek was her favorite game, which gave her excitement from excitement.

Fortunately, for years, we were very able to manage the Yasmine case.

However, in October 2023, an Israeli war plane attacked our beautiful house, and turned into a pile of rubble. Our property and resources, including the Kingdom of Yasmine (her room), have completely disappeared.

Since then, we have been forcibly displaced several times, and the effort of schools that have turned into situations.

Where we stay now, Yasmine sleeps on a gentle ranking in the crushed circumstances. There is no privacy, no calm, no comfort.

Yasmin caring for the shelter was a stressful and depleted experience. It needs to help dislocate clothes, move in the toilet waiting menu, and walk in the chaotic courtyard. We have struggled to get some games and coloring pens. It was very difficult to find her medications.

Yasmin is a good -looking and very stadium girl. Interestingly, people do not find it difficult to get used to how to dance her tongue differently in words. Sometimes the behavior offends, causing inconvenience. But most people show sympathy for it.

Yasmine is also very cute. She often shares her food with friends, and on various occasions, she insists on preparing gifts for them. During the feast of Al -Aza last year, we decorated a box of candy, and each has a note reading, “The feast is happier with Yasmine!” Gifts were proudly distributed and lighting the dark atmosphere of shelter.

Unfortunately, the situation is now worse. Israel has tightened its harsh siege on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in impeding the delivery of basic food supplies, fuel, medical aid and sanitation. The markets have not seen any traces of many things for several months. No vegetables, no fruit, no meat, no fish, no chicken, no eggs, no milk, no sugar, no chocolate!

The lack of nutrition was a serious problem for all people in Gaza. Everyone I know has grown a lot, with pale skin and a humor. My wife and I suffered from dizziness.

Yasmine was especially weak. She lost a lot of weight, and her health has deteriorated.

In July, nearly 12,000 Palestinian children under the age of five were diagnosed as malnutrition.

On August 22, the classification of uninterrupted integrated food security (IPC) stated that Gaza City is officially suffering from a “man -made famine” and that an immediate response is needed on a large scale. The report represents the first time the famine was announced in the Middle East.

According to IPC, more than 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip, almost a quarter of the population, are either close to or have already reached catastrophic levels of starvation. Unless the situation on the ground changes quickly, this number is expected to rise to more than 640,000 by the end of September, while the insecurity at the emergency level is likely to rise to 1.14 million.

In addition to the ongoing war losses – more than 62,000 killed and 140,000 wounds – more than 315 Palestinians who have already died as a result of forced hunger, half of them.

At this critical time, Yasmine stood amazingly in front of me, carrying the lightness of the secret. With a glowing face, she announced that she ate chocolate!

Amazing, turned to it. “Did you eat chocolate, Yasmine? Where? Who gave it to you?”

A sensor, smiled and faced with more joy. She shook her head gently and explained, “No, no, my father. I … I did not eat … the chocolate. I said … I dreamed!”

She jumped and gave Jasmine a great hug, and exploded in laughter – laughter that was with a louder and longer than what I was months ago. Laughter, however, was placed with extreme sadness and fatigue.

Amid the horrors of war and wide famine, Yasmine was a dream of a sweet thing. The dream was sweet enough to make it very happy.

Yasmine, a child/young woman with special needs, was not aware of the political sense of her dream. She did not know that her dream, as she tasted something that could not be reached, was a rebellion against Israel’s atrocities and the united hope for living freely in peace and dignity.

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