{"id":4457,"date":"2025-12-05T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2025-12-05T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:02:12","slug":"makeshift-movie-screenings-in-gaza-city-bring-children-out-of-the-ruin-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4457","title":{"rendered":"Makeshift movie screenings in Gaza City bring children \u2018out of the ruin\u2019 | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The initiative is helping Gaza\u2019s children \u2018glimpse a better reality\u2019, says Palestinian filmmaker Mustafa al-Nabih.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Children in Gaza City, traumatised from more than two years of mass bombardment and displacement, the loss of family, friends and the destruction of their homes and schools in Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza, are getting a brief reprieve through a local cinema initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers have set up a makeshift screen in one of the city\u2019s displacement camps to show films, offering children a rare space to have fun and experience moments of normalcy and solace despite the war and ongoing ceasefire violations by Israel.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here trying to present so many activities for children to live in a positive vibe,\u201d said Minass al-Jabour, the initiative\u2019s media coordinator. \u201cSo we are trying to make them skip the scenes, the hard scenes that they were living during the war in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4151648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4151648\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4151648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.41.57-AM-copy-1764921170.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Gaza Children [Screen grab\/ Al Jazeera]\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4151648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children watch a film during an outdoor screening in Gaza City [Screengrab\/ Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed at least 20,000 children and left tens of thousands more injured since October 7, 2023, according to Gaza\u2019s health authorities. At least 55,000 children have lost one or both parents.<\/p>\n<p>With 92 percent of the enclave\u2019s schools severely damaged or destroyed, most children have had no access to formal education for two years.<\/p>\n<p>For many, the screenings offer the first chance to watch a movie since the conflict began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something new for me. I came out of the war, and they are giving us many activities, including cinema \u2026 and we really enjoyed it,\u201d Sara Abu Sharbi, a displaced girl in the camp, told Al Jazeera, against a backdrop of flimsy tents and rubble-strewn buildings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4151628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4151628\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4151628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.41.27-AM-copy-1764921107.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Gaza Children\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4151628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sara Abu Sharbi speaks about the movie screening in Gaza City [Screen grab\/ Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Palestinian filmmaker Mustafa al-Nabih, who is also taking part in the initiative, said he believes art, like cinema, is a way for children to hold on to hope and imagination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA child who has seen so much blood and loss can, through cinema, glimpse a better reality,\u201d said al-Nabih.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCinema transports a child into a world of imagination, love and beauty. It moves their mind, lets them reach for a distant horizon, and shows them colours, stories, and moments that take them out of the ruin around them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4151623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4151623\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4151623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.41.20-AM-copy-1764921068.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Gaza Children\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4151623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children watch a film during an outdoor screening in Gaza City [Screengrab\/ Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The initiative is helping Gaza\u2019s children \u2018glimpse a better reality\u2019, says Palestinian filmmaker Mustafa al-Nabih. 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