Childhood Under Siege in Gaza, Palestine | Foreign Correspondent | ABC News

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For the one million children of Gaza growing up isn’t guaranteed. Since the war began nearly two years ago, more than 18,000 Palestinian children have passed away. With no reliable source of nutritious food and water, life is a day-to-day prospect. Even trying to find food can be a deadly proposition.

On Foreign Correspondent reporter Stephanie March and a team of Gazan journalists deliver an intimate, heart wrenching insight into the toll this war is taking on Gaza’s littlest. Because independent access to Gaza for reporters is banned by the Israeli Defence Forces, Stephanie has been working with local journalists to film with families willing to share their day to day lives. Over months they’ve documented life from different parts of Gaza.

We meet a 10-year-old boy who shelters in a tent with his parents and two siblings in an existence that’s become boring, uncomfortable and very dangerous. The sound of bombs and drones are ever present. Another teenager has an infected knee that isn’t getting better. If it doesn’t heal, there are fears he could lose his leg to amputation. Simple injuries can spiral into dangerous medical conditions in Gaza because of malnutrition, filthy conditions and a lack of medical supplies. And we spend time with a 9-year-old girl who weighs half what she should amid famine in Gaza City. She's one of thousands who are desperately hoping to get treatment in other countries at a time when few western countries are willing to take them.

All these children just want the war to end so they can live their lives. In the words of a 10-year-old: “There’s no childhood left in Gaza”.

0:00 A story about survival in Gaza, seen through children’s eyes.
2:34 Meet Suwar, Siraj and Sila, and their parents Ahmed and Halima
4:11 The relocation of Gazans to find safety, and the constant threat of bombs
5:30 The trauma and fears faced by kids in Gaza
6:41 Food is scarce, especially nutritious food, and Gazans are reliant on aid
9:56 The pressure of trying to provide for your children within a war
11:03 The shrinking of safe spaces for Gazans and the severe lack of food
12:11 Meet Mariam, who is suffering from severe malnutrition and her mother Mudallah
13:16 The difficulty getting children medically evacuated from Gaza
13:49 At home, Abdulaziz looks after the rest of the family away from Mariam
16:04 The toll of this war on hospitals and on pregnant women and their babies
19:42 In Gaza now, simple injuries can become very serious due to malnourishment
21:42 There’s no escaping the heat, and it brings frustration and difficulty
23:02 The lack of any access to schooling during the war
24:28 Meet Nasr, the Mohameds eldest son, who is missing
25:50 We return to Mariam, who is doing better, but they face another forced move
28:31 Gaza City’s forced evacuation, driving about a million people south
29:33 After nearly two years of war, childhoods are irrevocably damaged

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