War Child shares first study of psychological impact of war on vulnerable children in Gaza.
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A first of its kind report - written by Gaza based Community Training Centre for Crisis Management, who are supported by War Child Alliance - lays bare the shocking psychological impact of the ongoing war on children in Gaza.

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Here is the study (pdf).

The Gaza-based Community Training Center for Crisis Management, supported by War Child Alliance, surveyed more than 500 Palestinian children in Gaza last June. The results in brief:

  • 96% of children feel death is imminent
  • 92% of children are not accepting of reality,
  • 87% display severe fear,
  • 79% suffer from nightmares,
  • 77% of children avoid talking about traumatic events,
  • 73% of children exhibit symptoms of aggression,
  • 49% of children wish to die because of the war.

There are “many more show signs of withdrawal and severe anxiety, alongside a pervasive sense of hopelessness”, the organization War Child Alliance says.

A seminal 2019 study published in the Lancet indicated that 22% of individuals in a conflict affected population would suffer from a mental disorder*. In comparison, the figures from this needs assessment study indicate that virtually all of the most vulnerable children in Gaza require psychosocial and trauma recovery support.