In Gaza, We Have Lost So Many That We Love
It’s been three days since Israel’s deadly attack on my cousin’s home and I still haven’t been able to go to Khan Younis to mourn with my surviving family. The Israeli bombing is ongoing and it’s difficult and very dangerous to travel 18 miles from where I’m living and working in Gaza City. Today Israel announced a ceasefire and I wanted to go to Khan Younis.
A few photos and stories from my morning
Today is the first day in a three-day ceaseifre. Here are a few stories from my morning.
Why a Gaza ceasefire isn’t enough
By Raji Sourani, Electronic Intifada
The death and destruction being inflicted on the Gaza Strip is impossible to describe. Sitting here in Gaza, it is hard to even understand what is happening.
The Children Have Barely Slept
By Atef Abu Saif
Condolences to Dr. Mona El-Farra and all who have lost their loved ones
The staff and board of the Middle East Children's Alliance would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to our colleague Dr. Mona El-Farra, her family, and all of the Palestinian families who have lost their relatives and loved ones.
Early this morning, Israeli tanks shelled a home in Khan Younis and killed nine members of Dr. Mona's family including 5 children. Ten more relatives are injured and five of them are in critical condition.
Unknown child #6: horrible tales from my day at the Red Crescent Clinic
July 30, 2014, Gaza City
I’m still alive. I don’t know what this means, but I can say that most of the time I can still walk and do some work with people who need help. It all depends on my luck. And here, for people living in Gaza, luck means how close to you the bombs fall from Israel’s tanks, planes, or warships. Some hours it’s raining bombs. Americans say “It’s raining cats and dogs”. In the new Gaza idiom, we say “It’s raining bombs and shells.”
Israeli hits UN school in deadly attack, after a night of intense bombing
MECA project director in Gaza, Dr. Mona El-Farra, writes of being knocked on the floor overnight during heaving shelling in Gaza City and MECA partner, Al-Awda Hospital, sent chilling photos of some of the injuries after Israel once again targeted a UN school where displaced families were seeking safety and shelter in Gaza.
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Benjamin Doherty, The Electronic Intifada