A truly terrifying acronym has been used in Gazan Hospitals
WCNSF – wounded child, no surviving family.
Since Palestinians live in extended family groups [Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, and their children] there are usually some related survivors until the child becomes a WCNSF; meaning that there is no one to raise them they are truly alone.
Whoever dreamt that this destruction would end terrorism in Gaza is truly divorced from humanity and reality.
Do you believe that children being brought up in carnage will not be inured to horror?
Do you think that they will not blame those bombing them?
Do you think Hamas is terrifying?
Well, the next generation could make ISIL look like little angels.
Unless there is an enormous commitment to deal with the mental health of Gazans/Palestinians once this slaughter has ended, then the future looks very bleak indeed.
The sooner there is an end to this [permanent ceasefire] the lower the risk.
I am not the only one that believes in this
The Israel-Hamas War Has Upended the Terrorist Threat Matrix [ link goes to the RAND think tank]
As with past conflicts in the Middle East, the current fighting in Gaza may well provoke terrorist repercussions beyond the region. The magnitude and shape of the terrorist threat depends on the course of the conflict: How long it lasts. Whether external parties—Hezbollah or Iran—decide on full-scale intervention, or Israel launches a preemptive attack to prevent them from doing so. Whether America is drawn further into the fight.