War and displacement in Gaza are fueling a rise in early marriage ^11.3%

AP News - By Toqa Ezzidin, Wafaa Shurafa - 5/29/2026, 10:03 AM

Negativity Bias 32.1% - Availability Heuristic 14.7% - Anecdotal 14.3%

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Majda was destitute. Her husband and eldest son had been killed by Israeli airstrikes. Living in a ragged tent in Gaza with rats and the stench of sewage, she couldn’t support her children and feared her daughters would be harassed going to the communal latrine in a camp with hundreds of strangers. So she... more