8:33 am Wednesday: 6 more blasts from the Israeli naval ships, in 2 sets. No power, nor internet last night, no way to keep updating. I didn’t go to Jabaliya, to my terrified friends, because it was too late, impossible to travel there without being a target. They live on the eastern side of Jabaliya,… Read More updates
Interview with Dr. Haidar Eid Diaries, Electronic Intifada By Eva Bartlett *testimony taken 30 December, 5 pm Dr. Haidar Eid is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza Strip, Palestine. *bombed Ministry Compound “I was lying in my bedroom when the first strike happened, around 1:30 am. You know a… Read More The Whole Building Shook, Like an Earthquake: Dr. Haidar Eid describes attacks on Ministry buildings 500m away from his home
*bombed truck, with shelled house behind, Jabaliya 2:20 pm, Tuesday, Shifa hospital, waiting for 1st aid training (decided that having some basic first aid skills could be helpful). An explosion nearby, not far from the hospital. An Apache was flying over, and now a drone buzzes loudly as it surveys the streets (the damage?). Dr.… Read More wreckage trail from Jabaliya to Gaza
“Last night was very dangerous. Everybody on the street after dark dies. We were afraid for you,” Fatema explained to me, as Sharon and I arrive just after 6 pm on Monday night to her Jabaliya home, in northern Gaza. It’s already dark outside, and getting here any later would have been suicidal. *Fatema’s baby,… Read More dangerous nights in Jabaliya and throughout Gaza
1:11 pm, 29 December Israel continues with a campaign of targeting mosques, places of worship, which are embedded in towns and densely-packed camps, in addition to strikes on other civilian infrastructure. The al-Burno Mosque [photos] across from Shifa hospital was bombed late on the 1st night, completely leveling it. Three were targeted in Jabaliya camp,… Read More Collective Punishment
Dr Khaled from Shifa hospital ICU told me today around 10 that the majority of cases in the ICU are critical, with an approx 80% who will not survive. The normally 12-bed ICU was caring for twice as many as normally capable, extra beds and extra rooms made to care for ICU patients. At that… Read More Shifa ICU: a glimpse of hospital critical injuries
**above: destroyed police station, Omar Mukthar street [Dec 28: 12:00 pm Gaza time] 285 have been killed and over 750 wounded in attacks beginning Saturday (Dec 27) morning after 11 am, in which over 100 bombs were dropped by 80 helicopters and Israeli warplanes, according to the Union of Medical Health Workers. Hospitals are overflowing… Read More widespread attacks on Gaza leave nearly 300 dead, hundreds seriously injured
Christmas was sad, bleak, here, not for me on a personal level, but for fatigued Palestinian Christians denied every joy of celebrations because of the siege and the Israeli military occupation of Gaza. At Gaza’s Catholic church, the priest, Father Manuel Musallam, led a sad congregation in a Christmas Eve service which barely feigned joy.… Read More christmas in Gaza
published: The Electronic Intifada, 22 December 2008 By Eva Bartlett Journalist and student Moh’min Krekay lies in his hospital bed in Gaza City after losing both of his legs in an Israeli air strike. The young man pictured above, originally said to be Hamzi Shaheen, (a miscommunication by doctors), is actually Moh’min Krekay. Hamzi Shaheen… Read More More missile strikes, more victims
[falafel maker, Tel village, occupied West Bank, Dec 2007] “You’ll find the best falafels in Gaza, behind al Shifa hospital,” a knowing friend advised me. She’d been right about the sunsets, which she said were the most beautiful, an intense, burning sun that slips quickly into the sea. As for the falafels, my expert friend… Read More Cooking Over Kerosene…Until Israel Banned That Too
In Gaza 