A group of children in the Gaza Strip have found small joys with handmade footballs pulled from rubble, a rare chance to patch together their childhoods shattered by Israeli bombings.⁣ ⁣ Across the Palestinian enclave, schools, residential quarters, parks, and playgrounds have been left in ruins by the relentless bombings.⁣ ⁣ The children find new ways to play.⁣ ⁣ An old mattress left on a pile of rubble becomes a makeshift trampoline while a cracked concrete slab turns into a slide.⁣ ⁣ Scattered bricks are stacked like building blocks, and they play hide-and-seek among the tents and ruins, sometimes hiding inside dangerous gaps in collapsed buildings.⁣ ⁣ #gaza #palestine #israel #internationalchildrensday #gazastrip ⁣