One year of war in Gaza: Mental scars that will last a lifetime

Hazem Suleiman lost almost a quarter of his body weight as he and his family fled time and again from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. But what really worries him is the damage you can’t see – the invisible trauma that will mark him forever.

“I won’t forget the screams of children and women … I have nightmares of charred bodies. Horror films do not show this, but it is what happened.”

The 26-year-old now lives in a tent in the devastated southern city of Khan Younis, alongside his wife, mother and eight children.