by http://a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/2006/0
Monday, May. 08, 2006 at 4:00 PM
Hadil Ghabin, 9 years old, was killed last night after an Israeli shell struck her family's home. 13 other members of her family were injured, including her pregnant mother, several toddlers, and her 15-year-old brother Ahmed, who lost his eye sight.
http://a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/2006/04/and-suddenly-seams-of-childhood.html
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And suddenly, the seams of childhood disappeared
Hadil Ghabin, 9 years old, was killed last night after an Israeli shell struck her family's home. 13 other members of her family were injured, including her pregnant mother, several toddlers, and her 15-year-old brother Ahmed, who lost his eye sight.
Hadil's mother was baking bread when the shells began to fall around them. She gathered her children and they huddled inside the house for safety.
According to her aunts, Hadil loved reading, writing stories, and playing "make-believe". "She would always gather all the neighbourhood children and tell them all sorts of wild stories," told me her Aunt.
And why not, for sometimes imagination is the only refuge we have here, the only realm that cannot be invaded. May she live the fairy tales she could only imagine during her short life. Photos and videos of the sad event (all mine):
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