<p>This study examines children’s well-being in contexts of war and displacement, drawing on the experiences of Arab and Jewish children evacuated during the 2023–2025 armed conflict in northern Israel. Using a qualitative, child-centered participatory design informed by phenomenological and narrative approaches, 57 children aged 4–8 participated through drawings and a storytelling card game that supported the expression of their experiences of home, war, and displacement. Thematic analysis identified two central patterns: longing and distance, reflecting separation from familiar environments, and resilience expressed through relationships and everyday routines through which children sought to re-establish a sense of stability. Within this sample, Arab children tended to emphasize extended family, faith, and shared community practices, whereas Jewish children more often described support within nuclear family relationships. Across both groups, children expressed agency and emotional insight, as well as active meaning-making in response to displacement. The accounts point to qualitative indicators of children’s well-being, understood as patterns linking lived experiences to children’s meanings of safety, belonging, and continuity. The findings show that children’s well-being is experienced as a lived and contextually grounded process and underscore the need for policies and interventions that support children affected by conflict and displacement in fostering belonging, continuity, and emotional security.</p>