I’m writing these words to you from inside Gaza City, and I say this with complete honesty: the reality here has become far worse than you can truly imagine.
Poverty has affected more than 90% of people here. Tents are packed tightly together in overcrowded camps; they have worn out, torn apart, and filled with holes, and they no longer protect us from the heat, cold, or rain. The area of the city where we can actually live is no more than 30%, and every day, homes that survived the war are being targeted.
Skin diseases are spreading frighteningly among children. Hospitals are out of service, and dental clinics have also started shutting down. There is an extreme shortage of water, foreign organizations have almost completely stopped operating, and cars are beginning to break down because of the lack of engine oil and spare parts. Education has completely collapsed, and the very limited supplies entering Gaza are nowhere near enough.
Life here is almost completely nonexistent. We live on promises, but nothing changes except that the suffering grows, needs multiply, and every day life becomes harsher and more complicated.
Gaza is not coming back to life… we are simply trying not to die.
I sat with a friend who was telling me how Israel executed his entire family, including his wife and children.
He told me, "We were trapped in a house in northern Gaza. The army was announcing over loudspeakers that everyone inside should come out with their hands on their heads, and that the army wouldn't kill them."
He said, "I didn't know what to do except leave. My family and I left the house one by one, with our hands on our heads. A soldier called us to stand against a wall. Suddenly, I heard gunfire, and I didn't wake up until I was in the hospital. I learned that they had executed my entire family. I was injured and bled for a long time, and I survived after ambulances arrived. One of the doctors told me that Israel had killed my entire family, including my mother, father, wife, and two children." He told me the story with eyes full of sorrow, pain, and tears.
This is one of the testimonies of Israel's terrorism against families in Gaza.
Het Songfestival is geen neutraal liedjesfestijn, maar wordt bewust door #Israël gebruikt om de oorlog in #Gaza te witwassen. De New York Times heeft dit met documenten aangetoond.
Een draadje.🧵
https://t.co/H8WX814aE8
Israel has said that paper kites flown by Palestinian children will be treated as weapons of war.
Read that again.
This is the reality of genocide: the total destruction of innocence, freedom and joy.
End all military cooperation with Israel, now.
@FDJMagic Baas is altijd slap geweest. Heeft enkel een pas en rust in z’n spel. Is noodgedwongen daar achter gezet omdat we al een dramatisch team tot onze beschikking hadden.
@jessjfi@Ajaxshowtimecom Klaassen en Berghuis zijn spelers die niet bij de ambitie en het niveau van Ajax passen. Sterker nog, zij zijn wat mij betreft de belichaming van de afgang van onze mooie club.
🚨 DEVELOPING – Rabbi Shmuley calls for Israel to kill Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. Incitement to murder is a crime. He’s surely going to get arrested, right, @FBIDirectorKash? RIGHT?