Enough said.
Posted on 01/26/2009 11:14:27 AM PST by dbz77
War scars Gaza's children TRAUMA: Counselors fan out across the area in an effort to calm nightmares. By Karin Laub, The Associated Press Posted: 01/25/2009 08:52:26 PM PST
JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip - Surrounded by mountains of rubble that were once their homes, two dozen children sat on a rainbow-colored blanket and drew with crayons.
They quickly filled the pages passed around by trauma counselors with pictures of Israeli tanks, dead bodies and Palestinians firing assault rifles - scenes they saw when Israel's war on Hamas came into their neighborhood.
"We felt we will die soon," 11-year-old Sharif Abed Rabbo told the group, describing his family's escape. "And I am sad I lost my house."
Psychologists say Israel's three-week offensive inflicted more severe trauma than previous conflicts in Gaza because civilians in the crowded sliver of territory had no safe place to run. A wartime study among hundreds of Gaza children showed a rise in nightmares, bedwetting and other signs of trauma, said psychologist Fadel Abu Hein.
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Hamas rockets might “scar” Israeli children, but who cares...
A coworker of mine who was born in Israel and has family there —just got back from a vacation there....he says that many people are very traumatized and walk around shaking and develope nervous conditions. Especially the elderly he said.
Here we go again ... the media at their game of spin without a word about anything the Palestinian actions that got them into this situation ... and always leaving the impression the Palestinians are the heroic innocents and the Israelis are always ruthless killers.
Children with bombs strapped to them generally end up with a few scars too.
I wonder how they reported the Pacific campaign against Japan in the 1940’s.
“I wonder how they reported the Pacific campaign against Japan in the 1940’s.”
If we had the same limp media types then as now, they’d be reporting the rape of Nanking was a necessary move to remove resistance and clear the way for progressive Japanese Imperial ideas.
“Children with bombs strapped to them generally end up with a few scars too.”
At least on the parts you can find ...
Tens of thousands fled their homes, seeking shelter in U.N. schools. ... On Jan. 17, when an Israeli shell struck the shelter,
What's missing here? Oh, yes, the Hamas artillery firing from the U.N. school.
A wartime study among hundreds of HAMAS GUNMEN showed a rise in nightmares, bedwetting and other signs of trauma, said psychologist Fadel Abu Hein.
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