These are some of the stories of the people whose lives came into my own. Israel killed them during its genocidal war on our homeland.
Northern Gaza continues to be depopulated, while even residents of the south are receiving Israeli evacuation orders as the bombs force them closer to the Egyptian border. Israel is implementing its plans for ethnic cleansing.
One of the bakeries that Israel bombed in Nuseirat refugee camp had just received a shipment of flour from UNRWA meant to cover the food needs of the entire camp. Israel waited to bomb it once all the flour was unloaded.
Each day I attempt to contact my extended family to make sure they are still alive. No family got the chance to evacuate and shelter together, and we aren’t able to mourn our dead together either. The war strips us of everything that makes us human.
Nowhere is safe in Gaza as Israel commits massacres in the areas it designated as “safe zones” for civilians. People fear that Joe Biden’s visit will give Israel the green light to wipe Gaza off the map.
Keep my stories alive, so that you keep me alive. Remember that the world that pretended to be the savior of humanity participated in killing it.
Tareq Hajjaj woke Friday to a call from the Israeli military telling him he had to flee his home to save his life. The horrors of his journey to safety reminded him of the stories he has heard of the 1948 Nakba. But this time, he was living it.
As Israel massacres entire families and wipes out whole neighborhoods, the Israeli army’s calls for Gazans to flee to the Egyptian border are stoking fears of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Israel is slowly cutting off Gaza’s communications with the outside world, because it wants to prevent us from revealing the massacres it is committing.
At around 6:30 a.m., Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza launched a surprise attack on Israel from land, sea, and air, as thousands of rockets have been launched into Israel and reportedly dozens of Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed and abducted by the resistance.