Karim Jadallah, 13, was shot in the leg on Aug. 3 in the Balata camp in Nablus while he was walking to his father's store in broad daylight. "I hope I can keep running to become a footballer like [Kylian] Mbappe. All Palestinian children want is a dignified life." (Credit: Khadija Toufik)
“I ran as fast as I could, like in a horror movie. Despite that, I was hit by shrapnel,” recalled Mohammad Sherkawi, 12, his crutches in hand. On Aug. 7, he and his best friend Marwan Abou Walaa and others were playing football in their refugee camp in Askar, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, when they were surprised by an Israeli military incursion. “A child playing in the street is not supposed to get hit by a bullet. That doesn’t exist in Europe, so why is it legitimate for Palestinians?”That same evening, his best friend was shot in the left leg. “Why? What was our crime?” asked Marwan Abou Walaa, still bedridden in Rafidia hospital, in a trembling voice. This 13-year-old boy with a candid face keeps tensing up with pain.155 minor children dead and more than 1,700 injured “The international community has turned its back on us....
“I ran as fast as I could, like in a horror movie. Despite that, I was hit by shrapnel,” recalled Mohammad Sherkawi, 12, his crutches in hand. On Aug. 7, he and his best friend Marwan Abou Walaa and others were playing football in their refugee camp in Askar, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, when they were surprised by an Israeli military incursion. “A child playing in the street is not supposed to get hit by a bullet. That doesn’t exist in Europe, so why is it legitimate for Palestinians?”That same evening, his best friend was shot in the left leg. “Why? What was our crime?” asked Marwan Abou Walaa, still bedridden in Rafidia hospital, in a trembling voice. This 13-year-old boy with a candid face keeps tensing up with pain.155 minor children dead and more than 1,700 injured “The international community has turned...
