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Consider This from NPR

Understanding the war in Gaza through the words of a child

Consider This from NPR

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🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes the stories that help us understand the full impact of war are told through a child’s voice.


And sometimes the most powerful stories of war are not just of destruction and rising death tolls, but also of humanity, optimism and hope.

Reporter Ari Daniel visited a clinic and captured a moving scene between a doctor and his patient, a young girl from Gaza. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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0:00.0

Reporting on a war can be a grueling job. Not only is it difficult editorially, it also takes a

0:06.5

tremendous toll emotionally, and that is true for both reporters as well as audiences. It's fatiguing,

0:12.5

it's upsetting, and oftentimes the natural instinct is just to turn away, to turn off the radio.

0:18.4

That is why the most powerful stories of war

0:21.0

are not just of destruction and rising death tolls,

0:24.2

but tell of humanity of optimism and hope.

0:27.7

And PR recently aired a story like that.

0:29.6

It was from reporter Ari Daniel,

0:31.5

who visited a clinic and captured a moving scene

0:34.4

between a doctor and his patient,

0:36.4

a young girl from Gaza.

0:39.3

It's clear in an instant.

0:43.2

Dr. Hassan Abu Sita is just really good with kids.

0:50.0

Here at his weekly clinic at the American University of Beirut Medical Center,

0:53.9

he's meeting six-year-old Kenzie Madhoun for the first time.

1:01.4

Kenzie has eyes the color of dark chocolate. Her face is framed beneath a pink straw hat that covers a scar above her hairline. On her left hand, I see the drawing of a little heart.

1:07.5

Her right arm, though, is missing. Kenzie Madhoun was brought to Lebanon to see Dr. Abusita.

1:13.9

She and her family were hoping he could help her lead a normal life.

1:18.1

The biggest question is, how can I improve the quality of that remnant of her upper arm?

1:26.1

Because that is the determinant of the quality of the prosthetic

1:30.4

that she'll get. But treating an injury like Kenzie's is complex, especially when it comes to

1:35.8

treating children. The doctor escorts the father and daughter into an exam room.

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