The Hamouda siblings, Kareem, 2, Ella, 6, and Sila, 4, at a pre-school graduation celebration June 15, 2023.
Mohammed HamoudaBefore the war, Mohammed Hamouda and his wife, Dina, would stroll along beaches in northern Gaza, where their three young children loved to swim, eat ice cream, and ride camels on the shoreline.
“My children used to live a simple life.
All day, we have to be by their side,” Hamouda reflected from Rafah, in southern Gaza, where they have fled.
“They keep asking me about when we will go back home.”But the family has no home to go back to.
Persons:
Kareem, Ella, Mohammed Hamouda, Dina, “, Hamouda, ”
Organizations:
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Locations:
Sila, Gaza, Beit Lahia, Rafah