Never give up – the story of one Gaza Boy trying to survive in Gaza: consider this from NPR: NPR: NPR

Gaza City-14 March 2025. On the right side, 12-year-old Nimer Saddy Al-Nimer sits with his mother Badir Al-Dujja Al-Nimer and his 4-year-old sister Seedra Saddy Al-Nimer. Nimer is wearing a knee brace and still finds it difficult to walk a year after he was shot by the Israeli army five times when he collected food aid.

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Gaza City-14 March 2025. On the right side, 12-year-old Nimer Saddy Al-Nimer sits with his mother Badir Al-Dujja Al-Nimer and his 4-year-old sister Seedra Saddy Al-Nimer. Nimer is wearing a knee brace and still finds it difficult to walk a year after he was shot by the Israeli army five times when he collected food aid.

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Almost 40 000.

That is the estimate of the United Nations for the number of children killed or injured since Israel started his war with Hamas about 18 months ago.

NPR profiled last year An wounded Gazan boy, Nimer Sadi Al-Nimer, who was shot five times by the Israeli army while he and his father gathered foods that had fallen outside of Gaza City by Parachute.

This week, NPR Gaza producer Anas Baba Nimer traced to hear what it was like last year.

NPR correspondent Rob Schmitz talks to Baba about what he has learned after he again connected to Nimer.

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This episode was produced by Kira Wakeam, Erika Ryan and Anas Baba. It was edited by Adam Raney, James Hider and Courtney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.