Psychosocial support

"The entire population has experienced a deep form of trauma, and there isn’t a single family in Gaza who hasn’t experienced personally death, injury, the loss of their home.The psychological toll that has on a people, it just cannot be overestimated, and especially on children. I’ve met children who have experienced extraordinary wounds, who have watched as family members were dismembered before their eyes, obliterated"

Pernille Ironside, chief of UNICEF’s Gaza field office

The Palestinians are people, persecuted and poor in spirit. They are sweet and soft and broken by the violence they have been up against for so many years. I know it’s hard for you to see their suffering, but it’s also hard. The Palestinians are people, persecuted and poor in spirit. They are sweet and soft and broken by the violence they have been up against for so many years. I know it’s hard for you to see their suffering, but it’s also hard. It is easy to feel anger, but can you feel sorrow for the perpetrators of this evil? Can you feel the pain I feel at these who were once called children but who now commit such acts of violence against beloved Palestinians?

Ted Rudow III, MA