Rat u Gazi ostavio je desetine hiljada dece bez jednog ili oba roditelja — UNICEF procenjuje skoro 59.000 takve dece, od kojih je oko 2.700 ostalo bez oba roditelja. Zvanični podatak zdravstvenog ministarstva navodi više od 73.000 poginulih od 7. oktobra 2023. Rođaci i staratelji pokušavaju da deci pruže delić normalnosti, ali stručnjaci upozoravaju na duboke i dugotrajne emotivne posledice. AP-ov foto-esej ilustruje pojedinačne priče iza brojeva.
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Mahmoud Nofal, 64, plays with his grandchildren, Tamim and Ranin Nofal, whom he has raised since their parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike, outside their tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Izraelska vojna kampanja u Gazi ostavila je desetine hiljada palestinske dece bez jednog ili oba roditelja, što je, kako upozorava UNICEF, jedna od najtežih i najdugotrajnijih posledica sukoba. Mnoge od tih porodica već su bile traumatizovane, ranjene ili su živele u teškim uslovima, a gubitak roditeljskog staranja dodatno produbljuje njihovu ranjivost.
Statistika i kontekst
Prema podacima UNICEF-a, do početka ove godine gotovo 59.000 dece izgubilo je bar jednog roditelja, a oko 2.700 dece ostalo je bez oba roditelja. Zvanični podaci zdravstvenog ministarstva u Gazi, koje vodi administracija pod uticajem Hamasa, navode da je u regionu od početka sukoba 7. oktobra 2023. poginulo više od 73.000 ljudi. Tog dana su militanti povezani sa Hamasom izveli napade na južni Izrael, pri čemu je stradalo oko 1.200 ljudi, a 251 osoba je oteta.
"Tragedija se ne svodi samo na fizičku štetu," kaže dr Ola Awad, predsednica Palestinskog centralnog biroa za statistiku. "Ona se proteže i na samu tkaninu porodice i društvene strukture."
Porodične mreže i svakodnevica
Društvo u Gazi je utemeljeno na mrežama šire porodice, pa su mnogi rođaci i komšije preuzeli brigu o deci koja su ostala bez roditelja. Stariji članovi porodica, poput Mahmouda Nofala (64), postaju hranitelji i pružaoci osnovnih potreba: "Ja sam njihov izdržavalac. Kupam ih i obezbeđujem sve što im treba," kaže on iz šatora u Khan Younisu.
I pored razaranja, mnoga deca nastoje da sačuvaju delić normalnosti: neki se vraćaju u školu, pomažu u kućnim poslovima ili se igraju na ulicama i zemljanim putevima. Lične priče su često teške — Razan Shanan, koja je imala 10 godina kada je vazdušni napad ubio pet članova njene uže porodice, preživela je iz ruševina i grčevito se drži porodičnih fotografija pronađenih među ostacima zgrade.
"Koliko god nežnosti, odeće, putovanja, hrane i pića im pružim, to nikada ne može da zameni ni jedan procenat njihove porodice," kaže Salah Al-Kafarana, koji sada u Gazi brine o pet nećaka i nećakinja.
Šta dalje?
Stručnjaci upozoravaju da će emocionalne i socijalne posledice gubitka roditelja trajati godinama, zahtevajući kontinuiranu psihosocijalnu podršku, stabilnost i pristup obrazovanju kako bi se smanjile dugoročne štete. Ovaj foto-esej, koji je urednički sastavio AP, dokumentuje lične priče iza statistike i prikazuje kako deca, uz pomoć rođaka i staratelja, pokušavaju da zadrže iskre detinjstva usred razaranja.
Palestinian orphan Dina Zourob, 17, hangs laundry outside her tent at an orphanage camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinian orphan sisters Nabila and Basmala Al-Kafarna play with a doll at their home in Gaza City, May 31, 2026. Their parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike that struck a school sheltering displaced people on April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Eleven-year-old Ghazal al-Kibritti, who lost her parents and three siblings in an Israeli airstrike, prepares her school bag at her grandparents' home in Gaza City, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinian children play at an orphanage camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb.12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Ikhlas al-Kafarna, 35, cares for her orphaned nieces and nephews at her home in Gaza City, May 31, 2026. The children lost their parents in an Israeli airstrike. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Ikhlas al-Kafarna, 35, teaches her orphaned nieces and nephews at her home in Gaza City, May 31, 2026. The children lost their parents in an Israeli airstrike. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mahmoud Nofal, 64, cares for his grandchildren, Tamim and Raneen Nofal, whom he has raised since their parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Eleven-year-old Ghazal al-Kibritti, who lost her parents and three siblings in an Israeli airstrike, poses with a photo of her mother, Sana, at her grandparents' home in Gaza City, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Mahmoud Nofal, 64, feeds his grandchildren, Tamim and Raneen Nofal, whom he has raised since their parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinian children walk between tents at an orphanage camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Eleven-year-old Ghazal al-Kibritti, who lost her parents and three siblings in an Israeli airstrike, poses with her grandmother, Huda al-Salti, at the Gaza City home where she now lives with her grandparents, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Mahmoud Nofal, 64, combs the hair of his three-year-old granddaughter, Raneen Nofal, whom he has raised since her parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Younis, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Photos of the father and brother of Razan Sharif Hamdi Shanan, 10, the sole survivor of an Israeli airstrike that killed her parents and siblings, are displayed at the home where she is staying with relatives in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinian children attend class in a tent classroom at an orphanage camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinian children attend class in a tent classroom at an orphanage camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Razan Sharif Hamdi Shanan, 10, the sole survivor of an Israeli airstrike that killed her parents and siblings, poses for a photo at the home where she is staying with relatives in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Raghad Ramzi Al-Ajal, who lost her parents in an Israeli airstrike, studies at the Gaza City home where she lives with relatives, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinian children walk between tents at an orphanage camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Habiba al-Kafarna, 5, who was orphaned when her parents, Ahmed and Sajida, were killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in 2025, stands behind a sofa in the Gaza City home where she lives, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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