00:00Moussa Ghariba's parents weren't sure they'd ever see their little boy play again.
00:14Like many in Gaza, Fadi and Dina just wanted to keep their child safe.
00:19Many nights I was crying, not being sure that I will have a morning.
00:25They fled in February after approval for tourist visas in Australia and finally being able
00:29to cross the rougher border into Egypt.
00:32Now Moussa has started school in Sydney after six months without an education.
00:36I like to play with my friends, I like math.
00:40What do you want to learn next?
00:47Learn how to plant things and now I'm learning that.
01:00Moussa's dream job changes almost weekly, now ambitious about his future.
01:04I want to be a policeman.
01:06He's really happy at school, he's making new friends, he loves his teacher.
01:12In Gaza, more than 45,000 other six-year-olds won't be able to start the new school year.
01:17The Palestinian Education Ministry says about 11,000 students have been killed
01:22and more than 17,700 injured since October 7, including this five-year-old boy
01:28who was found in shock when he was trapped under the rubble after an Israeli airstrike.
01:33That boy is still highly traumatised, he won't speak.
01:36So this child that was beautiful, speaking and singing and loving life is now here in Australia
01:44but is finding it very difficult to speak except to his mum.
01:48Now he's in kindergarten in Melbourne.
01:50He put on his Spiderman little bag and went to school and wanted to play
01:56and he just wanted to be like any other kid.
01:59This week his teacher finally heard his voice for the first time when he counted to five.
02:06Palestine Australia Relief and Action is providing settlement services to his family
02:11and the majority of the 1,300 Palestinians now in Australia.
02:15They need everything because they're arriving here with nothing and with massive amounts of trauma.
02:21Unlike previous conflicts, the federal government is yet to establish a dedicated humanitarian visa for Palestinians
02:28but have offered a small number of people with a pathway to a three-year humanitarian visa.
02:33The not-for-profit says the government needs to call for safe exits out of Gaza for those with Australian visas
02:39and ensure family reunification and a clearer pathway to permanency.
02:44They're just humans with a pulse and with hopes and dreams like all of us.
02:51We want him first of all to be safe, not worry of losing his life in a sudden.
02:58We want him to be free, we want him a better education, a better future.
03:04We don't want him to suffer.
03:06A hope they also share for other children like theirs.
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