Viral: Barefoot Girl Carries Injured Sister on Her Back

• CrossFireArabia
• October 22, 2024

Under the scorching sun, with her small, thin body and bare feet, a Gazan girl carried her injured sister on her shoulders and walked with her for more than two kilometers on her way to Al-Bureij camp, south of Gaza City.

This scene was published by journalist Alaa Hamouda on his Instagram account, and he commented, saying: “A displaced girl carries her injured sister on her shoulders and walks with her for more than two kilometers. I saw her by chance and felt sad for her condition as she walked alone, barefoot, under the scorching sun. I helped her and accompanied her to her place of displacement.”

Hamouda asked the girl if she was tired from carrying her sister, and she answered: “I am tired, and I have been carrying her for an hour, and I just cannot walk any longer.”

The video of the two girls was widely circulated on social media platforms, and caused a state of shock among tweeters, who asked: “What did Israel leave for the children of Gaza from their childhood that it stole from them during a year of genocide, displacement and starvation?”

Commenting on the scene, tweeters said that this is one of the stories that shows how Israel has killed the innocence of Gaza’s children, destroyed their natural lives, and made them grow up before their time.

Others considered the scene very offensive to Arabs, adding that children should not live the darkness of wars.

One blogger commented on the clip, criticizing the global silence about what is happening in Gaza and its children in particular, saying: “Take a moment and watch this video, just look at the reality that they do not want you to see in Gaza. If you watch, you will see all kinds of arguments and attempts at explanation instead of sympathy and deep sadness for what is happening to the children living in this place,” according to Al Jazeera.