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Notes from the Field
Gaza
Thursday January 29, 2009
Posted by: CARE at 2:21PM EST on January 29, 2009
Saturday was the first day of school for my children. My 12-year-old son Yazan is in the 6th grade. He went to school and realized he had lost six schoolmates. One of the boys used to sit at the desk behind Yazan, so every time he turns and looks behind him, the boy he used to talk to, to laugh with, is not there anymore.
... (more) Thursday January 22, 2009
Posted by: CARE at 12:24PM EST on January 22, 2009
GAZA (Jan. 19, 2009) -- The first thing I noticed was the quiet. For the first time in three weeks, there were no bombs, no screams. Ceasefire.
... (more) Wednesday January 14, 2009
Posted by: CARE at 4:20PM EST on January 14, 2009
After surviving the neighborhood’s fiercest bombardment to date, CARE local staffer and primary blogger in Gaza, Jawad Harb, sounded much better this morning. Following last night’s air strikes, the UN established a temporary camp a few hundred meters from his neighborhood, where residents can run during an air strike. Jawad and his family, including his six children and paralyzed 86-year-old grandfather, had been unable to find space in overflowing UN shelters, which received some 7,000 new displaced people last night alone. ... (more) Tuesday January 13, 2009
Posted by: CARE at 7:09PM EST on January 13, 2009
GAZA (January 13, 2009, 6:15 p.m) - The leaflets came yesterday, telling us our neighbourhood would be attacked. The whole population of the area is terrified. We have nowhere to go. My neighbour checked at the UNRWA shelter, but it was full. Overflowing. There is nowhere to go. We waited to be bombed.
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Posted by: CARE at 7:06PM EST on January 13, 2009
GAZA (January 11, 2009) - My son's school was destroyed today in an air strike. Ziad is just six years old – he started going to school in September. He loves it, especially the physical education class, and art class, where he loves drawing.
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Posted by: CARE at 7:06PM EST on January 13, 2009
GAZA (January 9, 2009) - This is the 14th day of the attack. It is 4 a.m. My six children are so worried, restless and unable to close their eyes. With each air strike, the house shakes right and left, and the children grab one another like cold rabbits seeking warmth. We feel helpless and victimized. There is nothing worse than being unable to protect your children.
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Posted by: CARE at 7:03PM EST on January 13, 2009
GAZA (January 8, 2009) - It's now 6:00 pm, and the streets and neighbourhoods are totally empty of any creature. My neighbourhood has been reduced to rows of abandoned homes with open windows – some windows have been removed, to avoid flying glass if they shatter during a bombing. During the day, there were many air raids that destroyed several homes. Shrapnel fell very close to our home.
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Posted by: CARE at 5:39PM EST on January 13, 2009
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.
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Posted by: CARE at 5:18PM EST on January 13, 2009
GAZA (January 7, 2009, 4:30 p.m.) - My children are all sleeping. They went to sleep three hours ago, when the bombs stopped for the ceasefire. For three hours, it was totally silent. No bombs. They look so peaceful. Last night, none of us slept at all. The bombs were falling every five minutes. It was a terrible night. You can't sleep with the war going on.
Posted by: CARE at 5:09PM EST on January 13, 2009
GAZA (January 6, 2009) - My child just started crying – she just heard on the news that Israel will start bombing our neighbourhood because there are allegedly insurgents living here. She has been having nightmares that our house will be totally destroyed, and that our family will die under it. She has seen the photos of other destroyed homes on TV. She said to me: "Dad, if they bomb us, where are we going to go? What do we do? All the houses are targeted. We can't even run." ... (more)Wednesday December 31, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 1:49PM EST on December 31, 2008
While the Gaza strip is currently facing some of the toughest challenges in the Palestinian territories, I’m writing my own very personal story. But it is also the story of 1.6 million Palestinians living in Gaza.
The 28th of December, 2008, was a day to remember. It was 4:30 p.m. I was sitting with my six kids at my house which is 500 metres away from the Egyptian border. The darkness was surrounding us like a monster, and a few candles were lighting our path to the kitchen and bathroom. It was a moonless night, full of unpredictable, unknown fear. I was telling my kids stories to distract them, when suddenly it was like an earthquake - six consecutive air strikes shook the house up and down. The house was like a piece of paper swinging in the air. The kids were screaming, running in all directions, seeking to escape the chaos of the airstrikes. It was uncontrollable panic every where. ... (more) |
