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The children of Gaza pay the ultimate price in the Israel-Hamas war

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Palestinian women and their children flee Gaza. (PHOTO: Getty Images/Gallo Images, Gallo Images/AFP)
Palestinian women and their children flee Gaza. (PHOTO: Getty Images/Gallo Images, Gallo Images/AFP)

The horrific scenes hit you like a sledgehammer blow – image after image of loss, terror, heartache and suffering.

In one, a little boy stumbles down the street carrying his baby sister in his arms. Another shows a sobbing teenage girl, her cheeks smeared with tears and dust, as two terrified toddlers cling to her. 

Elsewhere in Gaza, a rescue worker carries a bleeding child out of the rubble of his parents’ house. In other heartbreaking photos, shell-shocked children clutch onto treasured possessions: a toy, a pet, a blanket . . .   

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