{"id":50525,"date":"2024-12-13T22:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T06:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=50525"},"modified":"2024-12-13T22:57:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T06:57:31","slug":"study-finds-96-of-gaza-children-fear-imminent-death-and-half-want-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/13\/study-finds-96-of-gaza-children-fear-imminent-death-and-half-want-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds 96% of Gaza Children Fear Imminent Death \u2013 And Half Want to Die"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid a relentless Israeli onslaught that has wrought monumental physical and psychological destruction in Gaza<\/a>, a report<\/a> published this week revealed that nearly all children in the embattled Palestinian enclave believe their death is imminent \u2013 and nearly half of them want to die.<\/p>\n

The Gaza-based Community Training Center for Crisis Management, supported by War Child Alliance, surveyed more than 500 Palestinian children in Gaza last June and found that 96% of them fear imminent death, 92% are not accepting of reality, 79% suffer from nightmares, 77% avoid discussing traumatic events, 73% display signs of aggression, 49% wish to die because of the war, and many more “show signs of withdrawal and severe anxiety, alongside a pervasive sense of hopelessness.”<\/p>\n

“This report lays bare that Gaza is one of the most horrifying places in the world to be a child,” War Child U.K. CEO Helen Pattinson said in a statement<\/a>. “Alongside the leveling of hospitals, schools, and homes, a trail of psychological destruction<\/a> has caused wounds unseen but no less destructive on children who hold no responsibility for this war.”<\/p>\n

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This report lays bare that Gaza is one of the most horrifying places in the world to be a child,” War Child U.K. CEO Helen Pattinson said in a statement<\/a>. “Alongside the leveling of hospitals, schools, and homes, a trail of psychological destruction<\/a> has caused wounds unseen but no less destructive on children who hold no responsibility for this war.”<\/p>\n

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In a first of its kind report, our Gaza based partner Community Training Centre for Crisis Management asked injured, separated and disabled children and their caregivers about the toll of the ongoing war on their lives. Their answers are devastating but sadly not a surprise.1\/5<\/p>\n

— War Child UK (@warchilduk.bsky.social)<\/a> 2024-12-12T11:31:17.537Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n