Gaza’s orphaned girls shoulder family burdens amid Israel’s war

Gaza’s orphaned girls shoulder family burdens amid Israel’s war

At just 15 years old, Hala Suhail Madi's childhood came to an abrupt end when a massacre during Israel's two-year genocide in Gaza killed 25 members of her extended family. With only her father's immediate family left alive — and her mother and injured sisters sent abroad for medical treatment — Hala suddenly found herself in Gaza caring for her father, her brother, and three young cousins, the youngest just four years old. On top of that, she b…