When will the world know what is happening to us in Gaza?
Tuesday, July 22, by Safaa El Derawi writing from the Gaza Strip
In Gaza, if we do not die from Israeli military attacks, we will die from the lack of basic needs and rights.
We have been living in a bad situation for years due to the siege, but since the beginning of these intense Israeli attacks, the situation in Gaza has severely deteriorated.
Shajayia Massacre
At least 60 Palestinians were killed in Al-Shajaiya neighborhood of Gaza City today and thousands of people fleeing their homes.
Sunday, July 20, by Safaa El Derawi writing from the Gaza Strip
Another massacre in Gaza
A Palestinian carries a wounded child to the emergency room at Shifa Hospital. 20 July. Credit: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
Overnight and into the morning, Israel committed another massacre in Gaza. Ambulances are blocked from reaching the effected areas so we still don’t know the full extent of the damage. Ma’an News Agency reports:
Three More Children Killed in Latest Air Strike on Gaza
A day after four children were killed by Israeli shelling on a Gaza beach under the eyes of dozens of foreign journalists, three more children, once again all members of the same family, were reportedly killed in another air strike in Gaza City.
An airstrike 10 minutes ago,not far from Shifa hospital,killed 3 children from the same family, and serious injuries. 11:12 AM - 17 Jul 2014
A Phone Call From Gaza During Israel’s Ground Invasion
A medic with the Palestine Red Crescent Society carries an injured child to a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah following an Israeli air strike before a five-hour ceasefire went into effect on 17 July. (Photo: Eyad Al Baba / APA images)
July 17th, 2014
3:22 PM PST
Gaza on Brink of Acute Water Crisis
A crater left in Gaza by an Israeli strike last week. (Photo: Joe Catron/cc/flickr)
by Andrea Germanos
Amidst the military strikes by Israeli forces, now in their second week, the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned that the population of Gaza is on the brink of an "acute water crisis."
Gaza Under Attack: Day 9
View from my friend's window of the building destroyed next door in the early hours of the morning. July 16.
Gaza, July 16, Day 9 of the attack
3:15am
Successive very strong explosions by F16 and helicopters and warships against Gaza City, mainly to the west. It is so loud. Artillery shelling to the east of the city too. And I'm told Rafah is also under heavy shelling.
Gaza child: Three wars old
By Yasmeen Khoudary, Al Jazeera English
Gazan children above age six have already witnessed three Israeli offenses [EPA]
To a child in Gaza:
- "How old are you?"
- "Three wars, and still growing."
- Sara Naim Khatib
Watch MECA Director of Gaza Projects on Democracy Now!
Get a medical update on the injured in Gaza from Dr. Mona El-Farra, director of Gaza projects for the Middle East Children’s Alliance and health chair of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of the Gaza Strip. Speaking to us from Gaza, El-Farra describes treating severe burns, unexplained wounds that suggest Israel may be using banned weapons, and the trauma endured by Palestinian children.
"We are not just numbers, we are human beings," El-Farra says.
Gaza Under Attack: The same story is repeated every hour with a different family
Sunday, July 13, 3am by Safaa El Derawi writing from the Gaza Strip
I tried to write two days ago, but I did not know where I should start.
Do I start talking about the terror and the fear that we feel due to continuous bombardment of houses and agricultural lands across Gaza by Israeli warplanes? Or do I tell you about the bombing by marine boats all that make us feel that we are threatened with death at any time?