Jan 31: Majda’s story -are my children terrorists?

The night of Wednesday, January 14, was the worst night for the people in the Tela Howa area. You’ve already heard Reem’s story, and heard from me that this was the night they began to drop rockets on the Al Quds hospital, with our worst rocket fire occuring Thursday night.

Jan 29: Expanding illegal no-go zones leave hundreds homeless

E and I were on the same action in Beit Hanoun, so here is her article, with my photos. Her article was originally published on her blog InGaza, and the ISM website. Imagine being grateful for the chance to return to your demolished home and sift through the rubble, to try to retrieve personal belongings, [...]

Jan 27: At Al Wafa – Saja and Ceasefiring

  Yesterday E and I went back to see Amer at his Zaytoun house. He told us his brother Abdullah is back home from the Egyptian hospital, and showed us his hospital records; his wounds (two shots to abdomen, one to arm), are healing ok. He was worried about Saja, his 6 year old, though, [...]

26 Jan: Will there be time to recover?

Back in Gaza city late last night, we met by the sea to welcome back A, who returned through the Rafah border the day before, after his kidnap off a Gaza fishing boat by Israel late last year. It was hard to give him much of a festive welcome with the stories we had to [...]

25 Jan: Back home in Jabalia

This morning is the second that I woke to quietness; no shelling from the sea. E and I went today to see our Jabalia friends, F’s family. They are back in their house, one of the few standing in their neighbourhood of Azbet Abed Rabbo. This is only the case because their fears were realised [...]

Jan 25: Temporary shelters in Jabalia

Jan 23: Words and Images

In their own words: “It’s going to be a terrible war. So, if we want to remain alive, we will have to kill and kill and kill. All day, every day…If we don’t kill, we will cease to exist…Unilateral separation doesn’t guarantee “peace” – it guarantees a Zionist-Jewish state with an overwhelming majority of Jews…“ [...]

Jan 22: Amer’s story: They killed me three times

Al Helou family – Amer and Shireen on the right Ramatan TV, nine floors up and open 24 hours, was the last bastion of internet during the strikes. We knew the place because we got asked in for interviews, and then called a few press conferences there, for example announcing that internationals would be riding [...]

Jan 22: 10 injured today during “ceasefire”

This is Ahmad Hassaneen, from Shayjaiee in East Gaza, near to the border. He was shot in the head about 9.45am today while playing with other children. Dr Fawzi Nabusi holds the x-ray showing the bullet in his brain. He is currently in a coma in Al Shifa hospital.

Jan 21: Three emails

From my email… Subject: Help Request Through ISM Website Date: Saturday Jan 17 I am writing to make a request for a good friend from Gaza that I have known for 5 years now (Amer Shurrab, Seeds of Peace ’99, UWCAD ’01–03, Middlebury College ’08.5). He just found out his father and two brothers were [...]