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In June 2007, Israel and Egypt imposed a land, air and sea blockade on the Gaza Strip. The collapse of Gaza’s economy and movement restrictions have been compounded by successive wars against this tiny blockaded stretch of land by Israeli military forces. The lives of a whole generation born in the 2000s have been punctuated by airstrikes, occupation, protests and shortages. Either injured themselves, or friends or relatives of wounded patients treated by Médecins Sans Frontières teams, Abdullah, Aseel, Nermin, Shams and Yasmin describe teenage life in Gaza.

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Episode 2 A child’s game
Yasmin is studying because she wants to become the manager of a company. Among the many wars in Gaza, the one she remembers most was the one in summer 2014. Two months of interminable airstrikes, the fear of seeing her nearest and dearest die, the sleepless nights. Close to her family, but most of all her mother, the young woman dreams of being able to travel – even if only to Jerusalem.