"Ibraheem." "Omsyatte." "Brother and sister, Amal and Mahmoud." "All children of Gaza who, 15 months ago, lived through a devastating invasion." "This is the story of how they have tried to rebuild their lives over the past year." "After the dead are buried and the physical scars begin to heal, what is the long-term impact on a child's mind of seeing their home turned into a battlefield?" "In a three-week operation that Israel defence forces say was aimed at stopping Hamas from launching rockets and mortars into Israel, more than 1,300 Palestinians were killed." "The UN reported that 21,000 homes, around one in eight, were destroyed or badly damaged." "Brother and sister, Mahmoud and Amal, saw all but one room of their home flattened." "But it wasn't only their home that was taken from 12-year-old Mahmoud and 9-year-old Amal." "According to Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the army telephoned warnings to civilians wherever feasible." "But this is not the way Mahmoud remembers it." "After the shooting, Amal was taken by the Israeli army to a house where other civilians were being held." "Amal's younger brother, Ahmed, died as a result of injuries sustained during the attack on their house, while Amal has been left with shrapnel lodged in her brain." "Gaza is a strip of land just 20 miles long and 5 miles wide, home to one-and-a-half million souls." "To the north and east lies Israel, to the south, Egypt, and to the West, the sea." "With Israel imposing a blockade for the last three years, the people of Gaza are dependent on their fishermen." "Ibraheem is 11." "His family have fished off this coast for generations." "Under the Oslo Peace Accords, the Israelis should allow Ibraheem and his uncles to fish up to 20 miles offshore." "But since the incursion, gunboats opened fire on any vessel more than a couple of miles out to sea." "Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that part of the intention of the attack on Gaza was to reduce the ability of Hamas and other terrorist organisations to attack Israel." "In reality, this meant destroying some of the infrastructure of the country including not just houses but roads, factories and schools." "Since the end of the incursion, the blockade Israel has imposed has made it difficult to import essentials like bricks, steel and cement, so very little rebuilding can take place." "Many children are attending lessons in little more than bombed-out shells of their former schools." "In this school, alongside normal lessons, counsellors are working with the children to help them come to terms with the horrors they have witnessed." "Omsyatte is 12." "She lost her home, and her 9-year-old brother was shot dead in front of her." "Since the destruction of their home," "Omsyatte's family have been living in a tent in a camp set up for some of those made homeless by the conflict." "But even with the help of the counsellors at school, memories of the day her younger brother, Ibraheem, died are never far from Omsyatte's mind." "Omsyatte's parents were also wounded, but her father is haunted by guilt over the death of his son." "Since the incursion, Amal has been suffering blinding headaches as a result of shrapnel embedded in her brain." "The doctors in Gaza do not have the facilities to operate, but Amal's uncle has contacted a charity in Israel that is willing to pay for her treatment by a specialist in Tel Aviv." "Amal has had to start at a new school because as well as her house, her old school was destroyed." "Human rights groups estimate that during the invasion, over 300 children were killed and more than 1,000 injured." "(CHILDREN) Good afternoon, Teacher." "How are you today?" "(CHILDREN) Fine, thanks." "How are you, Teacher?" "Amal is one example of millions of Palestinians who lost their families and their houses." "They see everything by their eyes in the war." "We didn't tell them that something happened in the past, so how could we convince them that Israel is loving peace?" "How could I convince, for example, Amal with peace?" "It's impossible, I think." "Could you?" "Could you convince Amal?" "Amal's uncle has come to the school to discuss the headteacher's concerns about his niece." "Although Amal is scared of going to Israel, she is one of the few who may be allowed out to an Israeli hospital." "Ten-year-old Ribhye has leukaemia and the hospital in Gaza does not have the chemotherapy that could save his life." "But getting Ribhye out of the country for treatment is proving impossible for his father." "Israel is reluctant to deal with the Hamas-controlled health authority in Gaza, so the only option is to go south to Egypt, but that requires passports, which could take months to be issued." "Time Ribhye doesn't have." "Even for those with the right papers, crossing the border to Egypt is far from simple." "Wissam, an eight-year-old leukaemia patient, and his father have been waiting for hours at the Rafah Crossing, hoping to get into Egypt for treatment." "But as this is the first time for several weeks that the Rafah Crossing has been open, thousands of people are trying to get through." "At the other end of the Gaza Strip at the Erez Crossing into Israel," "Amal, with sponsorship from an Israeli charity rather than the Gazan Health Authority, is hoping to get to Tel Aviv for her operation." "After ten hours on the road, the patients have all been sent back to Nasser Hospital in Gaza." "Wissam's father must yet again try to find a way through the bureaucracy to help his son." "Ribhye's condition is deteriorating, but even if his parents could get the right papers, there is little chance of getting him out of Gaza for treatment." "After waiting at the border for seven hours," "Amal is finally allowed through and on to Tel Aviv, where she hopes the Israeli surgeon will at last be able to remove the shrapnel that is causing her so much pain." "She definitely has some fragments in her brain tissue but I don't think that any surgery will improve those symptoms." "I don't think there is any action to be done right now." "She will have to learn how to live with the shrapnel inside her head." "While Ibraheem is at school, his uncles are out fishing, but the constant threat from the Israeli navy has today become a reality." "The Muslim festival of Eid means gifts of money for the children, and like small boys the world over, Ibraheem and his friends all know exactly what they want to buy." "To try to improve things for the children, Kamal has salvaged their old satellite dish and set up a computer in the tent." "Six months after her trip to the surgeon in Tel Aviv," "Amal continues to suffer ill effects from the shrapnel lodged in her brain." "Amal's uncle and her brother, Mahmoud, are using scavenged concrete blocks to build the family a small shack by the ruins of their old house." "A few hundred metres away is a new training area for some of Gaza's fighters." "Hamas and Islamic Jihad are both armed militant groups committed to the destruction of Israel." "But Hamas has been governing the Gaza Strip since winning democratic elections in 2006." "Mahmoud's uncle is a member of Islamic Jihad." "It's exactly a year since the Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip in January 2009." "Whilst many are gradually repairing their shattered lives, the blockade means the scars of the invasion remain for all to see." "Though for some, the wounds are still fresh." "Omsyatte's brother Subhe is still being visited by the counsellors." "12 months after being rescued from the rubble," "Amal's headaches have been getting worse." "After two months out of the water, repairs on Ibraheem's family's boat are at last complete." "14 months on from the end of the invasion," "Gaza is becoming more isolated from the outside world, with the construction of a steel barrier along the southern border with Egypt." "The government of Israel says that the incursion was successful, but the children of Gaza have been scarred by events they will never forget." "While some are focused on revenge, others still hope for an end to the relentless cycle of violence." "Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd Synch'd bu Frozen"