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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Nidal al-Mughrabi

As guns go silent, Gazan children still have nightmares

FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian girl looks at a psychiatrist through an open van window, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Whenever a door slams, 10 year-old Bissan al-Mansi mistakes it for a bomb dropping. More than a week has passed since the latest round of fighting with Israel in Gaza but al-Mansi says she still has nightmares.

Local psychiatrists said al-Mansi's symptoms were common among many children living in the enclave, who were experiencing lack of sleep, anxiety, bedwetting, as well as a tendency to stay glued to their parents and avoid going outdoors.

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