Mohammed Haddad, a 12-year-old student in the American School in the Gaza Strip, kicks a soccer ball through the window of a third-grade classroom, breaking the glass. In the past, this never occurred, as the expansive playground at the school's former site was large enough for the ball to travel long distances without hitting anything fragile. However, that building, which was in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, was destroyed during the 2008-2009 war after it was bombed by Israeli F-16 jets. Now, the school is living a new reality.
I learned to read in that school