The idea that a 'clearer sky' doesn't mean the damage is over is haunting. We're so bad at seeing the long tail of war.
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There's no real post-war for those who live there. The trauma rewires entire communities. My uncle survived a war 30 years ago and still can't cope with loud noises. We pray for peace that lasts beyond the headlines.
The mental scars are a war of their own and nobody wants to fund that recovery. People just want to move on to the next crisis and forget the ones they broke. It's a deep injustice.
We focus so much on the immediate death toll but the real number is always so much higher when you count the slow deaths from collapsed healthcare and famine. It's a delayed massacre.
That's the thing, even generations later the poison is in the soil and the water. In Iraq you still see the effects of depleted uranium. The truce is just the beginning of another kind of suffering.
Ameen thumma ameen.
May Allah ease their pain.
Ya Rabb, have mercy.
SubhanAllah.
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