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Mourners attending the funeral of seven Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2022. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/APAimages)

How do parents in Gaza, who are dealing with their own trauma and fear, help their children endure yet another Israeli attack? One parent tells Ziad Ali she attempted to lie to her daughter by saying the explosions were just fireworks, but her child already knows too much. “My daughter did not believe me. I was such a mess. She told me — ‘Mommy, this is a war, not fireworks.’”