April 5, 2026, 12:17 p.mApril 5, 2026, 12:17 p.m
A Palestinian influencer films children in the Gaza Strip playing on the sand-covered street. However, the four small children play something different than one would expect.
Video: watson/nina bürge
According to the influencer, the children are reenacting the death of a martyr. They placed a cloth doll on a small stretcher. They picked it up, hopped with it and carried it a few meters further to a house wall. This is said to represent the burial of the martyr and the carrying of the person to his grave.
The way we play should reflect the children’s everyday life. Such moments and funerals have become normal, like the Arabic news platform “Al Jazeera” reported.
The influencer who published the video is known as “Ghaith Of Gaza”. He posts stories from the residents and especially the children of Gaza on his Instagram and YouTube accounts. According to his own information, he is a Palestinian refugee living in Gaza. He wanted to show the reality of the displacement of people who shaped his life. He wanted to tell the stories of the people there and try to help them in some way.
Tents became the new homes of Gazans.Image: keystone
His family fled the Israeli city of Tel Aviv during the Palestine War. In this war, Palestinians were expelled from Israel. The reason for this was, among other things, the conflict over the borders and where they took place.
Around a million children currently live in the Gaza Strip. Many of them are severely traumatized by the past conflict and violence. Loud “UNICEF” Around 64,000 children were killed or seriously injured in the two-year conflict. (nib)
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