Playing on a local team at the municipal stadium in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, he envisioned a future “like Ronaldo.” He was 13. He stays indoors watching a constant stream of “Captain Majid,” a cartoon series about a young soccer player with dreams of playing in the World Cup. Osama Muhammad Abu Mustafa in Khan Younis in southern Gaza in September. NBC NewsOsama is one of hundreds of thousands of children whose lives have been shattered during Israel’s yearlong military offensive in Gaza, which has brought on a humanitarian catastrophe. Young people are especially vulnerable to disease and other health ailments ripping through Gaza.

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