Last week, after two very long years, children in Gaza at last returned to the classroom, albeit mainly in makeshift schools. It gives some solace to see children, after the loss and trauma they have suffered, going back to where they should be and to what they should be doing at their age: furthering their education and building their future, not sheltering from bombs and bullets. In times of war, no one suffers more than children, who are bound to be left with life-long scars. Worse, despite the ongoing so-called ceasefire, children are still being killed by Israeli airstrikes.

GAZA/CAIRO: She spends her lessons in the wintry cold on the floor of a crowded tent, her teacher interrupted by regular gunfire and explosions from Israeli-controlled territory…

Last week, after two very long years, children in Gaza at last returned to the classroom, albeit mainly in makeshift schools. It gives some solace to see children, after the loss…