Recently, Israeli forces subjected a one-year-old child to abuse to pressure his father into giving confessions east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, according to local and family sources.
The child's father, Osama Abu Nassar, suffered psychological trauma after the death of a horse he used for income. While taking his child to buy supplies a few days ago, he was caught in gunfire near his home and forced by soldiers to leave his 18-month-old son on the ground and approach the Israeli checkpoint, where he was stripped of his clothes.
According to witnesses, the army then took the child and interrogated the father at the checkpoint. The forces tortured the child in front of his father, including burning with cigarettes on his leg, pricking, and inserting a metal nail into his leg, as confirmed by a medical report.
The child, Karim, was released after 10 hours and handed over to his family through the International Red Cross, while the father remains in detention.
📷 Osama Al-Kahlout
I think the purest form of love is just wanting someone to notice life with you. "taste this. look at that. hear this song." again and again. until you can't imagine noticing life without them
I once asked an elderly woman what it felt like to grow old — to know that most of her years were now behind her.
She smiled and said something I’ve never forgotten:
“I’ve always been the same age. The voice in my head never changed. I’m still the same girl I was at sixteen, still my mother’s daughter. I kept waiting to feel old one day, but it never really happened.”
She said she’s watched her body weaken, her energy fade, and her memory slip at times — but deep inside, nothing ever changed. The person she’s always been never grew old.
That moment stayed with me. Our bodies age, but our spirits remain young. The soul doesn’t wrinkle or fade. So when you speak with someone older, remember — inside, they’re still that same child, full of dreams and laughter.
No matter how many years pass, we all need the same things: love, understanding, and a reason to keep going.
Major cheat code in life: Understanding you can reinvent yourself at any time. New habits, new standards, new friend group, new career, etc. There's no rule that says you have to stay the person you've always been. You're allowed to decide, "I'm done being this version of me."