Ibrahim al-Najjar is still mourning the death of his 5-year-old son, Naim, who succumbed to malnutrition amid Gaza’s deepening humanitarian crisis. A year has passed, but the pain remains raw – and now, he fears another son may soon follow.
“This child will be next,” said Najjar, pointing to 10-year-old Farah. “He’s been losing consciousness for about a month. He used to be twice this size.”
Once a taxi driver, the 43-year-old father held up a medical certificate confirming Naim died on March 28, 2024 – another casualty in a war that has uprooted his family and shattered their lives.
Before the conflict erupted in October 2023, after Hamas' incursion into southern Israel, the Najjars lived a modest but stable life, eating three meals a day.
Now, even basic foods like bread, rice, fruit and vegetables are beyond reach – distant memories in a land battered by nearly two years of relentless Israeli airstrikes.
