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Interview with an international human shield in Gaza
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Palestinians push a stretcher carrying the body of a member of the al-Qasas family who was killed in an Israeli army shelling on July 21, 2014, as they arrive at the morgue of the #Al-Shifa_hospital in Gaza city. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams) Palestinians push a stretcher carrying the body of a member of the al-Qasas family who was killed in an Israeli army shelling on July 21, 2014, as they arrive at the morgue of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams)

Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continues, with a death toll that has reached 655 – and just as an array of munitions rain down indiscriminately on the heads of those living in Gaza, turning night into day and forcing the residents of one of the most (...)

#Palestine #al-Wafa_Medical_Rehabilitation_Hospital #Articles #gaza_strip

#Gaza: A personal account of trying to survive #Israel’s bombs
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Palestinians walk past a building that was destroyed nearby their house following an Israeli air strike on July 19, 2014, in Gaza City. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams) Palestinians walk past a building that was destroyed nearby their house following an Israeli air strike on July 19, 2014, in Gaza City. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams)

Gaza – Every night I seem to think it’s the worst night, until I go through the next one. I got so used to the house shaking and moving from the consecutive blasts that it now feels weird when everything is still. Flashing lights, the ground shaking all around, that’s my house during the current Israeli war on Gaza.

Omar Ghraieb

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#Culture_&_Society #Articles #ceasefire #F16_fighter_jets #ground_invasion #Operation_Cast_Lead #Operation_Protective_Edge #Palestinian #UNRWA

Israeli ground invasion will not deter Resistance factions in #Gaza
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Palestinian members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, attend the funeral of comrades who died two days ago after an explosion caused the collapse of a tunnel under the Israeli border, on June 21, 2014, in Gaza City. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams) Palestinian members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, attend the funeral of comrades who died two days ago after an explosion caused the collapse of a tunnel under the Israeli border, on June 21, 2014, in Gaza City. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams)

For a military commander to order his soldiers to fight a war is easy, but for a soldier to wage this war is an altogether different matter. Yesterday, the Israelis tried to enter Gaza (...)

#Palestine #Articles #Beit_Lahia #benjamin_netanyahu #Benny_Gantz #Israel #Yediot_Ahronot

#Israel’s brutal war on Palestinian children
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Palestinian relatives burry the body of a child during the funeral of eight members of the Abu Jarad family who were killed overnight in an Israeli strike on July 19, 2014 in Beit Lahia, north of the #Gaza strip. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams) Palestinian relatives burry the body of a child during the funeral of eight members of the Abu Jarad family who were killed overnight in an Israeli strike on July 19, 2014 in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza strip. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams)

Gaza – Ten-year-old Ahed was playing with his cousins on the beach at Gaza City harbor when three Israeli missiles hit them. Four cousins, including Ahed, were instantly killed, and two others were injured. Ten-year-old Zakaria, nine-year-old Ismail and (...)

#Palestine #Al_Mezan_Center_for_Human_Rights #Articles #Bakr #Jabaliya_refugee_camp #Operation_Protective_Edge #Operationg_Cast_Lead #Ramallah #Shuheibar

When #Israel targets the homes of civilians
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Palestinian firefighters survey the scene of a house destroyed during an Israeli strike, on July 16, 2014, in #Gaza City. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams) Palestinian firefighters survey the scene of a house destroyed during an Israeli strike, on July 16, 2014, in Gaza City. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams)

The “toil of 20 years” was gone in a flash. #Omm_Mohammed_al-Beik taught in several schools at once so she could buy a piece of land and build her home, brick by brick, on the tunnel road northeast of Gaza City. Israeli warplanes destroyed the dreams of her family of 40. They are now displaced, without a shelter, or a source of income to rebuild their home.

Sanaa Kamal

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#Culture_&_Society #Articles #Hajj_Youssef_al-Beik

#Gaza’s students receive death instead of their diplomas
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Palestinian firefighters and residents try to extinguish fire at a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike, on July 16, 2014, in Gaza City. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams) Palestinian firefighters and residents try to extinguish fire at a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike, on July 16, 2014, in Gaza City. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams)

This year, some of Gaza’s graduating students will not have a chance to celebrate because, very simply, they are no longer with us, leaving behind nothing but their family’s sorrow and grief. What these students did not know is that the Israeli occupation will not only cut short the waiting period for the results of their high school exams, but that it was going to hand out (...)

#Culture_&_Society #Articles #education_ministry #General_Secondary_Certificate #Ibrahim_Majed_al-Batsh #jerusalem

#Israel’s “knock on the roof” policy: A three-minute race with death
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Palestinian men inspect a destroyed building following an Israeli military strike on Beit Lahya, northern #Gaza Strip on July 15, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams) Palestinian men inspect a destroyed building following an Israeli military strike on Beit Lahya, northern Gaza Strip on July 15, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Hams)

It’s good for the killer to give his victim a chance to run. Israel is an expert at the game when it decides not to kill a Palestinian family where they sleep. After midnight, the occupation would call and demand that they leave the house. If they do not agree, Israel will be gracious enough to send a few warning shells. After the warning shells are fired, you have three minutes to leave the house with (...)

#Palestine #Articles #Ashraf_al_Qudra #Ayman_Nawfal #Hamas #Mahmoud_Abbas #Yediot_Ahronot