Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Reporting from Gaza: 21 & 22 July - There is nowhere safe to run

Dear friends,
Israel has continued its brutal and cold blooded massacre in Gaza.  The death toll is now in excess of 680 Palestinians, the vast majority of whom are civilians. More than 132 children have lost their lives, as Israel continues to indiscriminately bomb Gaza.  More than 4,500 people are injured.  

The Palestinian human rights organisation, Al Mezan Centre in Gaza noted in an interview with Al Jazeera that Israel's "warnings" to the areas for people to "evacuate" encompasses 43% of the Gaza Strip, which is only 360 sq km. Issam Younis from Al Mezan noted that the warning were "red herrings", because "forcing people to vacate their homes is a war crime on its own".  More than 100,000 people have now been displaced from their homes. 

Israel has struck more than 25 health facilities in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of its military offensive against the besieged coastal enclave earlier this month, according to Palestinian health officials. - See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/health-facilities-hit-israels-gaza-attacks-death-toll-rises-over-640-129158985#sthash.YKDeSO2Z.dpuf
Israel has struck more than 25 health facilities in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of its military offensive against the besieged coastal enclave earlier this month, according to Palestinian health officials. - See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/health-facilities-hit-israels-gaza-attacks-death-toll-rises-over-640-129158985#sthash.YKDeSO2Z.dpuf
Israel has now struck more than 25 health facilities in Gaza since the beginning of their offensive in Gaza.  Gaza's Health Ministry noted that Israel had also been targeting ambulance crews attempting to aid the injured. 
 
The following tweets document the second major attack on the Shejaiya district in Gaza City, as well as Israel's attacks on hospitals. These attacks came just hours after Israel had massacred more than 100 people in the Shejaiya district.


 
The tweets included in this post are from the following journalists, photographers and bloggers (click on their names to go to their accounts) documenting the situation on the ground in Gaza from the afternoon of the 21st July until just after midnight on 22 July.  

Mohammed Suliman - Gazan blogger (see also his article on Gaza in Alkhabar)
Maram Humaid - Gazan blogger/tweeter
Emad Shoukri - Gazan blogger/tweeter
Lazar Simeonov - freelance photographer
Jonathan Miller - Channel 4
Anne Paq - French independent journalist & photographer, who also part of the works Israeli based anti-occupation activist photography collective, ActiveStills.  

You can read the earlier posts in this "Reporting from Gaza" by clicking on the titles blow:
in solidarity, 
Kim
  
 





 


























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