10/22/2024–|Last updated: 10/22/202411:24 AM (Mecca time)
Under the blazing sun, with her small, skinny body and bare feet, a Gazan girl carried her injured sister on her shoulders and walked with her for more than two kilometers as she headed to the Bureij refugee camp, south of Gaza City.
This scene was published by journalist Alaa Hamouda on his Instagram account, and he commented on it, saying, “A displaced child carried her wounded sister on her shoulders and walked with her for more than two kilometers. I saw her by chance and was saddened by her condition as she walked alone, barefoot, under the blazing sun. I helped her and accompanied her to the place of her displacement.”
Journalist Hamouda asked the girl if she was tired from carrying her sister, and she replied, “I’m tired, and I’ve been carrying her for an hour, and I can’t walk.”
The video of the two girls went viral on social media platforms, and sparked a state of shock among the tweeters, who asked, “What did Israel keep for the children of Gaza of their childhood that it stole from them during a year of genocide, displacement, and starvation?”
Oh God, where do they get all that power?
A displaced child carries her wounded sister on her shoulder and walks with her for two kilometers.
Children in Gaza endure what the mountains cannot bear. pic.twitter.com/9azxgKGC1e
— Tamer | Tamer (@tamerqdh) October 21, 2024
Commenting on the scene, tweeters said: This is one of the stories that shows how Israel killed the innocence of the children of Gaza, destroyed their natural lives, and made them grow up before their time.
Their childhood has been stolen
This video broke my heart—Dr. Ali Alvi (@Odaratus) October 21, 2024
Others considered that the scene was very offensive to Arabs, and added that children should not experience the darkness of wars.
This is one of the stories seen on camera.
A displaced child carries her wounded sister on her shoulders and walks barefoot for more than 2 kilometers under the blazing sun. pic.twitter.com/RzVb4Wbfdm– Khaled Safi 🇵🇸 Khaled Safi (@KhaledSafi) October
One of the bloggers commented on the clip, criticizing the global silence about what is happening in Gaza and its children in particular, saying, “Take a moment and watch this video. Just look at the reality that they do not want you to see in Gaza. And if you watch, you will see all kinds of arguments and attempts at explanation instead of sympathy and deep sadness.” “On what happens to the children who live in this place.”