By Ronney Reyes
Shiri Bibas is being held with her infant child, Kfir Bibas is stated to be one year old. She was born the day of the attack.
Note: One hostage, Sathian Suwannakham of Thailand, is not pictured
There is also an iconic child noted by the Associated Press. A Palestinian child. Neither of these children or their parents deserve the pain and suffering they are going through. This is a result of an Iranian backed terrorist group with no value of human life.
What kind of adults are these children going to be? How scarred will they become as they realize the war changed everything their parents had hoped for them? This war must end. These children are innocent and need a life of joy returned to them. We cannot allow terrorists to continue to carry out these horrific attacks.
For what reason? There is no rational reason for any of this. There was no rational reason for the attacks into Israel that began a horrific year of killing. This must stop and these children are now icons to the outcome of this war. They will be followed by the world to understand how this altered the fabric of their lives.
by Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa
NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ali Al-Taweel (click here) was born as Israeli warplanes started to pound the Gaza Strip after Hamas’ surprise cross-border attack on southern Israel.
Now, the Palestinian child will celebrate his first birthday as the Israeli-Hamas war reaches its one-year mark. For his family, it’s been a year filled with uncertainty and anxiety as they moved from place to place amid widespread destruction and limited resources.
“I had arranged another, very sweet life for him,” Ali’s mother, Amal Al-Taweel, told The Associated Press in an interview. “The war has changed everything.”...