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The voices of parents in war
Christa Case Bryant
Editor
There are certain stories that stick with you as a journalist long past deadline. Lately, I keep thinking back to a piece from the 2014 Israel-Gaza war when our Gaza correspondent and I asked parents on both sides of the conflict how they were answering their children’s questions about the war . In this much more devastating war, the questions – and answers – are no doubt a lot harder. Yet parents still provide a unique window into the conflict. Today, we hear from a Palestinian father of three who can’t find so much as a patch of land to pitch a tent ahead of a fresh Israeli military offensive, and Israeli mothers opposed to their sons serving in Gaza.
