War leaves Gaza’s children with deep physical wounds and lasting trauma
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🗓️ 17 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Last night we brought you the story of the lingering trauma affecting so many Israelis since October 7th. |
| 0:06.0 | Tonight we turn to Gaza, where the health ministry says nearly 70,000 Palestinians have been killed over the last two years of fighting. |
| 0:14.0 | The scale of the death has been staggering and the toll on children overwhelming. |
| 0:19.0 | Tens of thousands killed and thousands left with grievous |
| 0:22.8 | wounds of war, often treated with near medieval means due to a lack of supplies. |
| 0:28.2 | Over the last year, Layla Milana Allen and our colleagues have followed treatment for some of |
| 0:32.9 | these children and have this report. A warning, the story includes graphic images that are disturbing. |
| 0:38.3 | No sight, no speech, no sound. Four-year-old Nail has had all his senses stolen by an airstrike, |
| 0:49.3 | and it's getting worse. In May, Nail and his six-year-old brother were playing in the dusty pathways of |
| 0:55.7 | Gaza's Nusayr refugee camp when an Israeli strike hit the tent next to them. They were playing |
| 1:02.1 | around me when the missiles suddenly hit us and shattered all our dreams and beautiful moments we |
| 1:06.8 | once had in our life. Mohamed was killed instantly. Pieces of shrapnel lodged deep in Nail's brain, causing brain damage that's stolen his vision, |
| 1:15.6 | his hearing and his speech. |
| 1:17.6 | With barely any food or access to clean water, Israel has mostly blocked the delivery of |
| 1:22.6 | AIDS since earlier this spring. |
| 1:24.6 | He's suffering from severe malnutrition. The filthy conditions |
| 1:29.2 | in the hospital mean he's now caught meningitis too. Unable to chew or move, what food |
| 1:35.8 | they can get him is through a feeding tube. His tiny body can't hold out much longer. |
| 1:41.2 | Before the war, Nail was one of the most active children. |
| 1:46.3 | He loved to play a lot, and we used to go to the beach together. |
| 1:50.0 | He's in pain right now, silently in pain, and cries without tears. |
| 1:55.6 | The doctors here told us they don't know what to do anymore. |
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