As the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, the Gaza Health Ministry says more than

21,000 Gazans have been killed, and UNICEF estimates that nearly

a quarter of those casualties are children. Thousands of children are wounded, malnourished,

or suffering from disease.

And children who do survive this war will carry deep psychological scars.

Fear of darkness, general tension, a flashback, nightmares,

avoidance, difficulty sleeping,

and a recollection of their trauma.

Iman Farjala understands the toll experiencing war can have on a child.

That's because she grew up in Gaza and was living there during the time of the first and second

intifadas.

Those are Palestinian uprisings against Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.

And as a result of the Israeli military's response,

Iman says she was constantly living in fear.

The experience was so viciousicious so scary

so harmful that there is no words that you can actually describe it

for Jala now lives in the United States and works as a psychologist for refugee children in San Francisco,

but she has made trips back to Gaza. She says she tries to help children there cope with the reality that means they're often living under a threat of war.

But she also says her work can only do so much.

Even when you work with a child, he's going to ask you, but what if another war broke out? Can you protect me? Can you protect my parents? Our

answer is no. We can't.

It's a grim reality faced by millions of children around the world who experience war.

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