APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza – 18 June 2021. Palestinian children cheer during a mental health support session in Gaza city
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SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Maher Herzallah, head of the Sabra neighborhood committee.
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SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Areej Al-Aswad, Secretary of the Al-Sabra District Committee.
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The Egyptian-brokered truce ended 11 days of heavy Israeli bombing of Gaza and rocket fire from the impoverished coastal enclave into Israel. Israeli air strikes and artillery fire on Gaza killed 257 Palestinians, including 66 children, and wounded more than 1,900 people in 11 days of conflict from May 10, the health ministry in Gaza says.
As Gaza tries to recover from the deadly 11-day Israeli attack, mothers and mental health workers have raised concerns that the psychological effects of the violence will long linger among the children in the Strip.
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