‘I am scared’: Palestinian child after Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Nadine Abdul Latif, a 12-year-old Palestinian child, cannot believe she is alive after an Israeli airstrike on her home in Gaza City, Anadolu Agency reports.

She is now taking shelter at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza after the destruction of her home in the attack.

“I’m scared and terrified,” the Palestinian girl told Anadolu on Wednesday.

Abdul Latif’s cousins were injured in the Israeli strike.

“We miraculously survived the attack, but we live in fear,” she said.

Israel has launched a massive bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas into Israeli territory on 7 October.

More than 7,900 people have been killed in the conflict, including at least 6,546 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis.

Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been running out of food, water, medicines and fuel, and aid convoys allowed into Gaza have carried only a fraction of what is needed.

“We want to live like any other people,” Abdul Latif said.

We are tired, we want our rights, we want to live like other children around the world

the child said.

This is not a life; there is no safe place, not even in churches, not in mosques and not in hospitals

Gaza’s Government Media Office said Wednesday that around 70 per cent of the territory’s 2.3 million population have fled their homes due to the ongoing Israeli airstrikes amid harsh living conditions.

UN chief, Antonio Guterres, has called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza to ease the “epic human suffering”.

READ: Algerian delegation walks out as Israeli envoy speaks at UN