The 28 members of the extended Castiro family watched as Israeli forces demolished their home, in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of east Jerusalem, earlier this year. The defiant, angry Imran who yelled, screamed and cried at the scene of the demolition now feels as if his life has been drained out of him.
“I wake up at night panicking and cannot go back to sleep,” says Imran, 12. “I am tired in the morning and cannot go to school.”