Gaza Girl, 10: I Wish I’d Died With 30 Members of My Family

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip—Dressed in a Frozen Disney princess top and being comforted only by the Barbie lying in her lap, a 10-year-old girl explains that her family had tried to assure her they would be safe in their new shelter.

“I said there’s nothing safe as long as there are the sounds of planes and shelling,” Daren recalled. She may not be old enough for middle school, but she was right.

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