Closer to Gaza
27 December 2008 it began. With absolutely no forewarning, ALL of Gaza’s population instantly became subject to non-stop Israeli bombardment by land, sea and air. It began two years ago today and lasted for 22 days, during which time no one could escape — one and a half million people, not a single one of [...]
Three more tunnel workers killed today in Gaza
Another three Palestinians were killed today in an Israeli strike on tunnels along the Gaza-Egypt border. The young tunnel workers are paid little to risk their lives and dig tunnels that serve as a lifeline to supply Gaza’s population of 1.5 million with food, medicines, gasoline, and other essential items long denied to them by [...]
Injuries under siege
This boy was not injured during the attacks. After the attacks he fell and hit his head and went unconscious. He was recovering in the ICU at Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital. Since the Israeli (and Egyptian) siege began, almost 250 Palestinians patients in Gaza have died from illnesses or injuries who would’ve otherwise lived had [...]
Cooking gas
Driving up and down the main Salah al-Din road in the Gaza Strip over the past few days there have been hundreds of Palestinians lined up outside the various butane gas suppliers, which most people use for cooking. The Israeli siege has not allowed a sufficient amount of gas into Gaza for the past year [...]