\n GAZA CITY – March 14, 2025. On the right, 12-year-old Nimer Saddy al-Nimer sits with his mother Badir Al-Dujja Al-Nimer and his 4-year-old sister Seedra Saddy Al-Nimer. Wearing a knee brace, Nimer still finds it difficult to walk a year after being shot five times by the Israeli military when he was collecting food aid.
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<\/p>\n Anas Baba\/NPR<\/p>\n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n GAZA CITY – March 14, 2025. On the right, 12-year-old Nimer Saddy al-Nimer sits with his mother Badir Al-Dujja Al-Nimer and his 4-year-old sister Seedra Saddy Al-Nimer. Wearing a knee brace, Nimer still finds it difficult to walk a year after being shot five times by the Israeli military when he was collecting food aid.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anas Baba\/NPR<\/p>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Nearly 40, 000.<\/p>\n That’s the United Nations estimate for the number of children who have been killed or injured since Israel began its war with Hamas some 18 months ago. <\/p>\n Last year, NPR profiled <\/a>one injured Gazan boy, Nimer Sadi al-Nimer, who was shot five times by the Israeli military while he and his father were gathering food dropped by parachute outside Gaza City. <\/p>\n This week, NPR Gaza producer Anas Baba tracked Nimer down to hear what the past year has been like. <\/p>\n NPR correspondent Rob Schmitz speaks with Baba about what he learned after reconnecting with Nimer.<\/p>\n For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This,<\/em> sign up for Consider This+<\/em> via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Email us at considerthis@npr.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/03\/15\/img_0959-3c11b3b5ee82df787877d6589f37c441e46d4486.jpeg?s=2600&c=100&f=jpeg\")
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