Every time Amir hears the sound of Israeli warplanes buzzing in the sky, or the sound of thunder in winter, or a loud bang, he rushes to his parents for protection.
Last July, on the first night of Eid al-Fitr, an Israeli attack hit near Amir's home in the town of Bani Suhaila, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
His uncle and two of his neighbours were killed in the attack. Thirty-seven others were injured, including Amir.
First responders could not find Amir easily - they thought he was dead, but later found his body about 100 metres away, covered in sand.
"Amir suffered an injury to his skull and broken bones in his jaw," his mother, Ibtisam, recalls. She then pointed to the shrapnel that injured Amir in different parts of his body, particularly his eye and his lungs. "He lost one of his eyes," she continued in a muffled voice.