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The Horror in Gaza: A View From the Ground
Posted on Monday July 24, 2006
As Israel prepares to further inflict damage in an already desperate humanitarian crisis, rare is the news story that captures the sheer horror facing the 1.3 million innocent Palestinians suffering under the current onslaught. Increasingly, concerned Americans are turning to blogs – some written by residents of the Gaza Strip who are in the front lines of the Israeli shelling and bombardment of Palestinian homes and infrastructure. Below, the Arab American Institute provides a link to one such personal journal of the unfolding tragedy.
“I am starting to lose track of days and nights, and how many times we were attacked, hoda told me that the whole building was shaking, she went out, with her pyjamas, all the residents were out in their night wear, children faces were too pale, some of them were crying hystiricaly, the fume filled the place, the flat next door were largely damaged (it is the next to the building that was targeted), where a fmily with 6 children live, there was large fire, the firee brigades used her flat, to put off the fire, the Ministry of interior building was empty during the attack!!!! the aim was revenge and destroyingof the building, i live 150 meters from Hoda place, no body is safe no one is immune.”
AAI Calls on President Bush to Speak Out on Israeli Offensive in Gaza
AAI Press Release, June 30, 2006
Video: Reminders of War in Gaza
War is part of the landscape in Gaza. Psychiatrists say this, along with Israel’s use of sonic booms is traumatizing Palestinian civilians.
