Reclaiming stolen childhoods: swimming classes resume in Gaza after three years of war
A group of children relax after their swimming class. His niece, Seham Tantesh, reports for the Guardian from Gaza. “The pools attract children from all along the beach like huge magnets”.Most Palestinian children have endured years of extreme trauma.
- ▪A group of children relax after their swimming class.
- ▪His niece, Seham Tantesh, reports for the Guardian from Gaza.
- ▪“The pools attract children from all along the beach like huge magnets”.Most Palestinian children have endured years of extreme trauma.
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A group of children relax after their swimming class. Photograph: Amjad Tantesh/The GuardianIn sea pools built with sandbags and rubble, Amjed Tantesh gives traumatised children brief respite from their daily livesBy Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem; photographs by Amjed TanteshSat 25 Jul 2026 01.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleSwimming classes have started again in Gaza after three years of war, with hundreds of children learning to float, doggy paddle and take their first strokes in five makeshift sea pools built from sandbags and rubble.The lessons allow a few hundred girls and boys to reclaim their childhood for a few hours in a place where there are no playgrounds, no formal education and children live in fear of continuing Israeli attacks.
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