No Press, No Worries, Israel Bombs Away

With Israel refusing to let journalists and press into the Gaza warzone, the internet will be where most accounts disseminate. This is testimony from Jawad Harb, who works for CARE in Gaza:

The leaflets came yesterday, telling us our neighbourhood would be attacked. The whole population of the area is terrified. We have nowhere to go. My neighbour checked at the UNRWA shelter but it was full. Overflowing. There is nowhere to go. We waited to be bombed.

The bombs came today. It was terrifying. We have nowhere to run. There was an air strike every five minutes. Thick black smoke 100m-150m away from us. People were scared, ran outside of their houses and gathered together in the street. 300-350 people in the street. The street was the safest place. If our house is bombed, we'll get trapped and die like the people we saw on television.

My children have seen the dead bodies of children on television.

With 1000 dead, these attacks show our value system and what certain lives are worth. 1000 dead Americans and we greenlight a third world war. 1000 dead Palestinians and it's just another Wednesday.

Source: http://we.care.org