The Rehabilitation Program has developed and activated an emergency response plan to provide counseling services to those most severely affected by the violence, especially traumatized children and their families. The Stories of Palestinian Children will bring fear to your heart and tears to your eyes. These pictures give only a glimpse at the results of the local attacks. The home of YMCA staff member Saed became a battle zone during one of the many clashes between Palestinians and Israelis near Beit Sahour. The windshield and hood of a physician's car is destroyed by gunfire.
Children play outside their home that now has walls filled with bullet holes.
They no longer feel safe here. The metal door and outside wall of a nearby home has been pierced by many bullets. A young girl Rawan stands by her bed where she no longer sleeps, because it is filled with holes from gunfire. Plaster of a wall with family photos now has been shattered by bullets. The pictures are in tact, but the frame is broken.