Innocent hearts

I wonder how do these children process the deaths and blood shed happening right before their eyes. How being witness to the deaths of their family members will scar them for the rest of their lives.

Often we see the physical injuries of these children splattered all over the Internet.  That's what our eyes can see and each time we see, our hearts break into a million pieces. But i wonder what goes through the minds and hearts of these little beings? The emotional trauma they go through must be worse than any physical injury our limited sight can see.

I wonder if they get nightmares and whether the images of their mother, father, uncles, neighbours being blown up will have a lifelong impact on their lives. I wonder if there is another family member left to give them the love and emotional support they truly need.

I know for sure the concept of having a counsellor or social worker working with them through their emotions is not even in their list of things to do when basic necessity is not even met.

I compare this to the support people get from other parts of the world when a crisis happens. When the crisis doesn't even match up to this. This crisis happens on a daily basis right in front of hundreds of little children. Surely the emotional impact is too immense.

Will it harden their hearts? Do they have a different concept of death and dying? Will they be angry? Will they be so beaten and depressed that the only emotion that will surface is that of retaliation and revenge? And will we not fully understand this reaction if it happens? Will we stand on a moral high ground and judge if these children grow up hating? When u see death on a daily basis surely up to some point your concept of death will be different from someone else.

Will they not know how to grief and live with the heartache forever? Will they resign to fate and be prepared for death and not fear it?

I do not know and i can only imagine what goes on in the hearts and minds of these
innocent little children. 

They should never have seen any of this. They should never.

I wonder if anyone else living outside of Gaza can fully understand this grief. I don't think we ever can.