Rahab Ali Zakria\u00a0 \u00a013 years old\u00a0 \u00a0from Khan Younis, is a child who has carried far more than any child should ever bear.<\/p>\n
That night seemed ordinary\u2026
\nA small room crowded with displaced siblings exhausted from moving from one shelter to another, all hoping for just a moment of safety.
\nThe clock struck 2:30 am.
\nEven fear itself was quiet.<\/p>\n
Then suddenly
\nthe night exploded.<\/p>\n
Rahab recalls the moment, her eyes still holding the reflection of the fire:
\n\u201cI didn\u2019t hear anything\u2026 I just saw the fire. The whole room turned red.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first scream was inside her head before it reached her lips.
\nThe ceiling collapsed on top of them, dust filled the air, and the darkness turned into a storm of debris and terror.
\nRahab remained trapped beneath the rubble, surrounded by stone, blood, and fear.
\nShe tried to move her hand nothing.
\nTried to see her siblings only trembling shadows.<\/p>\n
While the minutes crawled unbearably slowly, the ambulance was nowhere to be seen.
\nThirty whole minutes passed each one as heavy as a lifetime.
\nWhen they finally reached her, Rahab was bleeding from her hand, leg, and head.
\nHer face, covered with dust and blood, still carried the fragile innocence of a child who couldn\u2019t understand why places of sleep are bombed.<\/p>\n
After treatment, her leg was casted, and stitches were placed in her hand and head.
\nA month later, her body healed\u2026
\nbut her heart did not.
\nThe fear left behind was deeper than the wounds, heavier than the night of the explosion itself.<\/p>\n
And yet\u2026
\nRahab refused to stay broken.<\/p>\n
When she joined the programs of NAFS for Empowerment, she was still terrified of sudden sounds, withdrawing from others, and crying without knowing why.
\nBut there\u2026 she played. She ran. She painted. She talked.
\nShe learned to release the weight she carried silently.
\nShe learned how to calm her heartbeat when memories of that night returned.<\/p>\n
With a smile shaped by the resilience of survivors, she says:
\n\u201cThank you to NAFS for Empowerment\u2026 I played, I laughed, and I learned how to overcome my fear. Thank you to the specialists, Siham and Mohammad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rahab is not just a child who survived an airstrike.
\nShe is a voice rising from the fire, carrying life with her.
\nA child who tells the world that hope can be born even from beneath the rubble.<\/p>\n
From the heart of destruction, Rahab stood again\u2026 proving that life is stronger than war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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