Today is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. It marks the beginning of the “Days of Awe” a period of atonement and reflection. The Jewish people have have much to reflect on and atone for.
“Raghda Alassar’s classmates did not hear the Israeli bullet that tore into the nine-year-old’s brain as she wrote an English test. But as a pool of blood spread across her desk and spilled on to the floor, a wall of screams rose from the classroom of the UN elementary school for girls in Khan Yunis.”
“At that point Raghda was still crying for help. By the time she was hauled into the trauma room of a neighbouring hospital she was silent.”