'We checked up on all our relatives. We offered our condolences to
those grieving. We know this is not the last time Palestinian blood will
be shed so cheaply.' ...By The Jews
By Ghada Al-Haddad: It was around afternoon prayers when my sister called to warn us that there was escalation, that the situation looked dangerous.
“Take care of yourself,” she said in a trembling voice.
“War again,” sighed my nephew, just 16.
My family was supposed to pay a visit to my aunt to congratulate her on her daughter’s tawjihi, or high school, results, which had been announced two weeks earlier.
That was the plan.
But plans in Gaza turn to dust, just like the buildings Israel bombs. And the bombing started on that Friday, 5 August. For the next few days, we lived in a far too familiar emergency.