The War Diaries
God,I look out of my window and I stare at the night sky. I think about how lucky I am to see the moon and not missiles and fighter jets. The darkness is peaceful. I lean back on the chair listening to the news from the hall TV. The reporters talk on and on endlessly about the number of people who have died in the Iran-US War, the number of missiles shot. I am grateful to live in a nation which encourages peace, a nation which does not engage in escalation, a nation which respects the value of human life.
God,I look out of my window and I stare at the night sky. I can see the missiles hit buildings. My hands tremble and my body shivers. I live my childhood in fear of what's next. I can hear the painful screams of men, women and children. We struggle to get food or a livelihood because of the war. I live my life in sadness. I can only hope that the situation ever becomes better. The war has already done too much damage to our beautiful country and our lives.
Noor, Gaza
1/3/2026
God,The night sky is illuminated with missiles and bullets. Most children see firecrackers when they look out of the window in their country. Our country on the other hand is unfortunately otherwise. Sometimes I wonder whether this life is real or its just a bad dream. I want to run away from the country. The war never seems to end. I go for a walk outside and see a missile, I close my ears and walk past. I have made peace with my fate. It doesn't bother us but the food crisis has really started to get to my head.
God,I woke up in the morning to go to school. As I reached, I see a big pile of ruins. The whole school is destroyed. All that remains of my only hope to improve my family's life is a dump of stones. My eyes start to water. My education is ending because of the one missile they decided to shoot. I stare at the sky and I wonder, Do they not have sympathy for the children around our nation who are struggling, people who are dying, families which are destroyed. I go back home, my parents are buying everything they can from the supermarket. The food crisis is going to hit hard. The more prepared we are, the better chance of survival we have but life is uncertain.
Noor, Gaza
5/3/2026
God,The food crisis is as bad as usual. Everyone is crowding around the camps. Yesterday over 10 people got badly hurt due to the crowd at the food serving area. I don't blame anyone though, people would kill others for the greasy soup and small piece of bread we get. I just pray the war ends, so I can finally have my favourite Pita bread and Hummus but I don't think the future holds any happy memories for me unless the war ends.
Aditya,India
10/3/2026
God,Today I asked my brother to take me to play. It was a match that had planned a long time ago but I couldn't make it because there was not any petrol. I sat at home annoyed at what the war is doing to me life. People in the affected countries are struggling much more but the war still affects me too. I wish I could do something to help and make my life and other's lives better.
Muhammad, Iran
10/3/2026
God,Our city's annual children's football match had gotten cancelled because the football field was bombed. The missile struck at night when the whole city was sleeping having nightmares about the future. Now we can't play, we can't sleep, we can't study nor can we live peacefully. I hope this is just a bad dream but I have to do something about it.
Noor, Gaza
10/3/2026
God, Today I saw small children play pretending coffins. I was highly disturbed seeing the state of life in our country. People are depressed and far from hope. The war never seems to slow down or come to an end. I wish you can do something about it. Anything. Please just make life right again.
Aditya,India
16/3/2026
God never seems to help. I have to take matters in my own hand. I decided to go around with my friends across my locality asking for donations to help people in Gaza and Iran. We raised around 10 lakhs but our campaign went viral online and we received almost 50 lakh rupees as donation. We sent it to a united nations team working in both countries that helped in the rehabilitation of all the affected people and took care of their needs.
Muhammad, Iran
16/3/2026
I can make a bigge impact than god. I decided to talk to my friends who go to college and we created a school in our apartment to educate all the children. Hopefully our education will change the country.
Noor, Gaza
16/3/2026
I wrote to UN workers because God isn't helping. They heard my problems and got lots of donations to fund for food and the rehabilitation of children who were mentally affected by the war.
All, Earth
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