*north from Gaza City, overlooking sweltering concrete slums of Beach Camp and on to border with Zionist state. The stepped-building in the right hand photo is a never-finished project begun in the 90s after Oslo As I spoke with his father last night there was a loud blast somewhere in the distance. He is… Read More Impressions from Gaza on a few hot August days
from the war on Gaza
UPDATE: at least 23 are believed to have been killed in the Tel el Hawa invasion alone. In the early hours of January 15, the Israeli army which had invaded and occupied the Tel el Hawa region, began shelling and firing heavily on the al Quds hospital and surrounding apartment buildings and shops. Residents of… Read More burning al Quds: one of Gaza’s remaining functional hospitals bombed in Israel’s war on Gaza
–By Eva Bartlett It’s daily hard to believe it can get worse, but daily it does. Last week, I saw what seemed to be the white phosphorus clouds doctors have written about, condemned. From a tall Gaza city building, the panoramic view showed a spreading stream of poison, on eastern Gaza. The chemical burns deeply,… Read More white phosphorous mutilated and murdered family members
Naim Abed Saed Shamella, 48, explained how when the tanks’ shelling in their neighbourhood, near their house, had gotten intense he moved his family of 10 to one ground floor room. After the missile hit his house, going through the 2nd story roof, he’d gone upstairs to get his cell phone. He entered into a… Read More long-burning fires: White Phosphorous on Sheikh Rajleen
In Gaza 