'I'M JUST A KID'
Palestinian girl, 10, makes harrowing plea amongst Gaza rubble after airstrikes as she cries ‘why do we deserve this?’
A PALESTINIAN girl has made a harrowing plea among rubble caused by airstrikes in Gaza - crying "why do we deserve this?"
Nadine Abdel-Taif, 10, spoke to reporters as deadly violence in the Middle East continues to escalate.
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Through tears, Nadine pointed to the destruction around her and said: "You see all this?"
"What do you expect me to do? Fix it? I'm only 10.
"Why do we deserve this? What did we do for this? My family said they just hate us.
"They just don't like us because we are Muslims. It's not fair."
The bombing blitz between Israel and Hamas has resulted in 60 children being killed in the carnage.
In another piece of harrowing footage, a dad is shown trying to keep his young kids calm just days before he was killed.
Ahmad Mansi features in a video shared to YouTube showing him buying toys for his three kids as they struggled to cope with the bombing around them.
Mr Mansi tells his children: "I hear a sound of an airplane. Don't worry OK?Keep playing."
The children then hide in the corners of their sofa as their dad tries to calm them down.
At the end of the video, Mr Mansi says: "We can't continue."
Just two days after the video was shared online, Mr Mansi was killed in an airstrike alongside his brother Yousef on May 14.
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Meanwhile another Palestinian dad has shared his heartache amid the conflict in Gaza.
Mohammed al-Hadidi lost four children in a bombing attack, with only his five-month-old son Omar surviving.
He told : "Israel is killing innocent children. They were supposed to be safe but nothing is safe now. When my children went to sleep, they were hoping that when they woke up it would all be over.
"But they are gone now. I have only their memory and the scent of them."
Dozens of air strikes have been launched in the region as deadly fighting in the Middle East begins for a second week.
Overnight, 42 Palestinians are reported to have died following an airstrike that crushed three buildings.
The Gaza Health Ministry has put the death toll since the violence erupted at 197 - including 58 children and 34 women.
Meanwhile in Israel, ten people - including two children - have been killed.
The Israeli Air Force claims around 3,150 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel.
The Israeli military said the fighter jets hit "terror targets" in Gaza overnight in retaliation to rockets being fired at Beersheba and Ashkelon in Israel just after midnight.
They said civilian deaths were not intentional and that jets targeted a system of tunnels used by militants.
Hamas claimed the strikes were a "pre-meditated killing".
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The UN Security Council met yesterday to discuss diplomatic efforts to end the violence after last night's attack - the deadliest since fighting broke out a week ago.
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Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a televised speech: “Our campaign against the terrorist organisations is continuing with full force.
“We are acting now, for as long as necessary, to restore calm and quiet to you, Israel's citizens. It will take time.”
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Dad’s harrowing video as he comforts daughters during Israeli airstrike in Gaza just days before he's killed in conflict
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