Aims:The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of traumatic events due to eight days of military escalation on children PTSD, anxiety, resilience, relationship of between children mental health problems and resilience. Methods: This was descriptive analytic study. The study sample consisted of 502 randomly selected children from 16 districts of the Gaza Strip. Age ranged from 9 to 16 years. Children were assessed by a socio demographic questionnaire, Gaza Traumatic Events Checklist, Post traumatic stress disorder scale, Children's Revised Manifest Anxiety Scale, and Resilience Scale for Adolescents. Results: Children reported commonly traumatic events such as hearing the loud voice of Drones (98.8%), hearing shelling of the area by artillery (98.6%), hearing the sonic sounds of the jetfighters

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