Gaza child’s autoimmune condition triggered amid Israel’s war — SkimNews
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- Lana Al-Sharif, 12, is quoted saying "I want it to be nice like before so the children can play with me again"
- Israel's war on Gaza triggered Lana's autoimmune condition, which changed her appearance, in a report published October 7, 2026
Why it matters: The toll on Gaza's children now extends beyond visible destruction to lifelong medical conditions like autoimmune disease — a human-scale dimension that broader 3-year-anniversary coverage of displacement and death tolls tends to fold into statistics rather than spotlight through individual stories.
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