A Palestinian father-of-6 says his youngest kids would scream and cry when they first heard bombs, but now they're 'numb' and sit in the corner instead of playing

• A Palestinian man says his youngest kids used to cry and scream when they heard bombings nearby. 
• Now, he says, they are "numb and indifferent," and have lost their sense of childhood.
• Since Hamas first attacked Israel, Israel has devastated the Gaza Strip with air strikes.  

A University professor and father of six in Gaza said the current war is the most difficult time he and his fellow Palestinians have been through and that it's particularly hard on the children. 

Refaat Alareer, a 44-year-old who works at Islamic University of Gaza, told Insider that the constant bombings, the death, and the destruction have had a stark impact on his youngest children.