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They were only children: The young victims of the Israel-Palestine conflict

By Mona El-Naggar, Adam Rasgon and Mona Boshnaq
New York Times·
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Just minutes after the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, a 5-year-old boy named Baraa al-Gharabli was killed in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip.

A 16-year-old, Mustafa Obaid, was killed in the same strike, on the evening of May 10.

Around the same time, four cousins — Yazan al-Masri, 2, Marwan al-Masri, 6, Rahaf al-Masri, 10, and Ibrahim al-Masri, 11 — were killed in Beit Hanoun, Gaza.

"It was devastating," said Mukhlis al-Masri, a cousin. "The pain for our family is

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