Tariq and his family were displaced from their home in Nassr in Gaza, to al-Shifa Hospital, then to Khan Younis. You can’t play and run like I used to in the field next to our house.” “We can’t play … we used to play football but there’s no space here between the tents. Pride and happiness are in Tariq’s words, showing how much he missed playing and being outside doing everyday things with friends. “It’s so nice to watch it rise into the sky with the wind, and to run along with it, me and my friends from the tents nearby.” Cheerful kites bobbing on the air’s currents belie the loss and sadness they fly over He made one for me and one for his son and now I can come out and play all day with my kite. “I had sticks, but didn’t have the paper so I found someone who had some paper and asked him. “I saw some kids flying kites and I asked them how I could get one, too. “When the sun rose, I came out of the tent to sit here on the sand,” he says. Tariq Khalaf, 12, has a kite, and he’s very proud of the fact. Only these people are not living in highrises or modern cities: they are packed tightly together in makeshift tents. More than 1.3 million people are displaced in Rafah right now, a density that is in the top three worldwide. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 ‘Our bodies know the pain’: Why Norway’s reindeer herders want Gaza peace list 2 of 4 US warns of ‘disaster’ amid oil slick in Red Sea from ship hit by Houthis list 3 of 4 US says new Israeli settlements ‘inconsistent’ with international law list 4 of 4 Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 141 end of list
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