=In the city of Al-Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip, where the smell of smoke and rubble still clings to the walls, children exhausted by war have found a small window through which they can glimpse a world unlike the one they live in—a world where no rockets are heard, and losses are not planted as memories.

Through an initiative launched by the medical support team, these young ones put on virtual reality goggles and gripped the controllers with fingers trembling from accumulated fear. Once the experience began, the heavy sounds in their heads softened, and virtual green gardens started to grow before their eyes, like a small compensation for a stolen childhood.

A Journey to Another World The scene was more than just a technological experiment; it was a brief respite from prolonged suffering. Children who were used to looking out from their homes at destruction now saw calm beaches, safe cities, and sunlit meadows. In those moments, it seemed the world was giving back what had been taken from them: the ability to smile without fear.

The sessions rely on programs designed specifically for them; programs that acknowledge their pain and repair the distorted images they have of life. They help rebuild a kinder world—even if virtual—a world that reminds them that joy is still possible, and that a broken heart can learn to fly again.

Between harsh reality and a virtual world woven with hope, these children remain witnesses to the strength of the human spirit: no matter how heavily war burdens their hearts, there will always be a place inside them that blooms… even if in a world born from the glow of a screen.