Story of Aisha Salim, 10 years old, Mar Elias, Beirut
My name is Aisha Salim, and I am in grade five at Al-Kabri UNRWA
school in Mar Elias. I am 10 years old. When they carried out the
operation in our camp, protests erupted, and my family and I were
happy with the news. The school also organised a celebration, asking us
to draw about Palestine, and those who knew a song about Palestine
sang it. When I went home and saw on television that the Israeli aircraft
were killing children, I became scared. I started praying for God to
support Gaza, and I pray every day.
Whenever they turn on the television for the news, and I see those
scenes, I pray for God to have mercy on the martyrs and to grant
victory to the resistance in Gaza. My cousin and my cousins daughter
are living in Gaza. My aunt calls them every day to check on them
because we are living in the same place. I hear her asking about the
situation, and they tell us about the frequent bombings. Sometimes
there is no contact, and my cousin's daughter calls her neighbors
because they have a landline, and she reassures them because they
have no contact. Her house was destroyed, but thankfully, they
survived, although her husband and his family were martyred. My aunt
was shocked and fell ill, but now she is getting better. My father is very
worried about them. I cannot go to Gaza to help them physically, but
my message reaches them, and I tell them: "we are with you, brave
people of Gaza."
Aisha Salim, 10 years old
Mar Elias, Beirut, Lebanon
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