India, Oct. 21 -- Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières teams in Gaza have reported that children participating in group psychosocial sessions are using drawings to describe a childhood marked by fear and violence, including lines to collect food, rain pouring through tents, tanks bulldozing buildings, quadcopters, and friends they can no longer play with.
Soaring needs and limited services
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières said mental health needs in Gaza are enormous while services and spaces for children’s recovery remain “severely limited” due to what it described as the systematic decimation of the health system by Israeli forces.
According to the World Health Organization, the number of people in Gaza requ...