‘I am going crazy’: Families of missing Gaza children endure agonising uncertainty

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Families in Gaza are enduring agonizing uncertainty over the fate of hundreds of missing children, including Anas al-Sayed, who disappeared in June 2025 while collecting firewood. The Israeli military's withholding of information and the difficulty in clearing rubble leave families unable to confirm if their children are detained, killed, or forcibly disappeared.

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Submitted by Maha Hussaini on Sat, 04/18/2026 - 15:07 As 2,900 Palestinian children remain missing after Israeli attacks, a mother describes the anguish of not knowing the fate of her ‘vanished’ son Naima al-Sayed says she feels she's going crazy after 10 months without answers on the whereabouts of her missing 14-year-old boy, Anas al-Sayed (MEE/Mohammed al-Sammari) Off To help his family prepare dinner, 14-year-old Anas al-Sayed went out one evening in northern Gaza to collect firewood. After

‘I am going crazy’: Families of missing Gaza children endure agonising uncertainty

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