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Notes from the Field
At night, we hear screaming and crying
GAZA (January 8, 2009, 4: 45 a.m.) - This is the 13th day of the attack. It is really more horrible than we could ever describe. We feel like the sky is going to attack us. There is nothing worse than being tired, needing to sleep so badly, but being unable to sleep. We feel if we close our eyes for a moment, we will die.
It is 4:45 a.m. My six-year-old son just woke up and asked, "Dad, why is it so loud tonight?" He used to hear the bombing further away, which was quieter. He doesn't know that they are targeting houses closer to us tonight. It is the crying of children in the neighborhood with each bombing which hurts us the most. It is unbelievable, and this is the first night we have heard this screaming and crying. Everyone is exhausted. I couldn't help but go downstairs and was surprised to see almost all my neighbours gathered in the main road by their houses. "It is safer out here. At least we will not be buried under a demolished house," said one of my neighbours.
Another bombing happened when I was in the street. People raised their hands together simultaneously and looked at the sky, seeking the help of God. It looked like they all agreed to do this at the same time. Jawad Harb is a Palestinian living in Rafah, Gaza, with his wife and six children. Harb has worked with CARE since 2002, managing a program supporting women's centers in Gaza. Since the conflict began Dec. 27, Harb's program has stopped operating because of the constant bombing. CARE has unique access to first-hand information from Gaza and the West Bank, where our work includes programs in health, economic development, water and sanitation. We began providing aid in Israel and the Palestinian territories in 1949, concluding our programming in Israel in 1984 as the Israeli government improved its own capacity to address poverty. |
