Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 21/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Omaima Faraj, 25, has been volunteering to help residents devastated by the Israeli raids for weeks. Faraj is one of the young Palestinians working to address the emergency Israel is creating across the occupied West Bank as it raids refugee camps. She rushed into the camp instead of running away from the violence. Volunteers are about 15 mostly female nurses and medics who came together when the Israeli raids began. They provide medical aid and distribute essentials to the thousands who were harmed. Their young faces show the toll of nearly two months of working nonstop with people displaced by the Israeli attack. Displaced residents take the risk of returning to their homes to retrieve some belongings. They navigate rubble-filled streets, the stench of rotting food left behind in now-abandoned houses, and sewers torn open by bulldozers, while Israeli soldiers patrol and drones hover overhead. About 20 children roam around the garden of a large house. The activities are organised by the Freedom Theater of Jenin. They started up inside Jenin camp as a space where children and youth could participate in cultural activities but have been blocked by the Israeli army from being there. The children are encouraged to be as loud as they like, to scream out the fear and anger they hold inside. My work with children is part of this world. The children are our tomorrow,” she says. Near her is a mother who prefers to withhold her name. Then came the Apache helicopters hovering in the sky, drone attacks and a fleet of armoured vehicles invading.
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