Message from Gaza
Writer:Prof. Abdelwahed
(Department of English Faculty of Arts & Humanities Al-Azhar University of Gaza)
Background of the writer in detail
NO 1
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:03 PM
Subject: FW: Christmas News
25 building have been hit by Israeli aircrafts. All of it have been leveled to the ground. An estimation of 250 dead so far! Hundreds of injured find no
place in the poorly equipped hospitals of Gaza city. No electricity but I am working on a desiel generator, to send off this message. All mobile phones are out of work too!
NO 2
From: prof abdelwahed
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 1:03 AM
Subject: Gaza at 6:00 p.m.
It is horrible outside! Minutes ago I heared a hissing of a Palestinian Kassam, then another one accompanied with an explosion; it seems that the
second one received a bomb from an Israeli aircraft that could have targeted the Palestinian group! In the news now, Israeli Apatchi targeted a
recreation ground with fish ponds! Shifa hospital stated that there is more than 195 dead bodies and more than 570 injured there! Every minute the
number of casulties rise up. Those figures are in Gaza, and there are still no official statements from other towns, villages and refugee camps! Near my
apartment my youngest son was waiting for his school bus when the former preventive security department was hit. 5o meters from where he was standing
two men and two young girls died immediately!
Its ustterly dark night now. I am operating a small generator to contact the world via internet.
NO 3
From: prof abdelwahed
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 3:03 AM
Subject: Gaza at 8:00 p.m.
Tonight everyone is scared in Gaza. Its totally dark; children cry from fear. 206 people dead. They are lined on floor at Shifa hospitals. More than
575 are injured but the hospital is poorly equipped. Hospital's administration called upon the people to donate blood. Teachers' sydicate
declared 3 days strike in protest against the masacre. Just in, Israeli aircrafts hit to places to the east of Gaza city where a number of people
killed and injured. The unmber of casulties is on the rise! There are people under rubble. One mother lost two younf daughter and one son as they were on their way to school!
NO 4
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 6:09 AM
Subject: RE: Gaza Crisis
11:00 p.m. New air raids by Israeli F16s. On TV Gazans can see only three channel. This is in case they enjoy electic power in a way or another. Raids
are concnetrated at the eastern parts of the city of Gaza. One woman lost 10 of her family. Only she and a daughter remained alive. Daughter could not
speak to the media because she did not know what happened, as she said! Panic is everywhere in the city and we anticipate the worse to come!
Demonstrations erupted in Egypt, Jordan and Lebaon against the brutal bombing! Death toll climbed to more than 219 but other sources mentioned 225.
NO 5
FTonight is cold mailey for those whose windows glass shattered by the explosions or as a result of it. With Gaza closure, there is no glass
available for the widows. In the apartment building where I live, 7 apartments witness freezing cold nights! They used blankets to cover in the
place of the broken windows. Hundreds of homes live the same situation! This is the least to say. On the other hand, Mr Hanieh gave a televied speech on
Hamas local TV station. His speech was to raise morale and to re-confirm that Hamas will not surrender. Death toll has climbed to 210. Also there are
200 seriously injured people around as well. Now another air raid to the north of Gaza city!
All best,
NO 6
From: prof abdelwahed
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 6:40 AM
Subject: FW: Emergency Alert: Take Action to End Israeli Attacks on Gaza
Five air raids in 10 minutes now! Targets are societies and groups of social works in thickly populated areas. One mosque was hit as well.
I am without electricity for 30 hours so far. I am still operating a small generators to contact the world via internet!
NO 7
An Israeli caller has just rang up. My youngest son answered. The caller threatened that if I have any weapons they will hit my place!!!!!
NO 8
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 1:45 AM
Subject: I am okay so far
My dearest Rachael,
My family and I are okay but stressed. I am still without electric power and athere was a problem with my generator. Two hours back, the building
adjacent to our building was hit by a small rocket from a heliocapter. The target was an apartment on the 7th floor. Mine is on the 4th floor. Then, in
another building across the street, an apartment on the 5th floor was targeted too. Situation is horrible and people are really paniced! Last
night, F16 targeted Al-Aqsa satellite channel and leveled it to the ground.
Many buildings around it became impossible to live in! Its owners and dwellers have deserted it to somewhere else! One small mosque across the
street from Shifa hospital was leveled to the ground. Homes around suffered badly from its consequences. One of the homes belong to a friend of mine; he
told me that what he witnesses was hard to describe in words, and a lot of damage inflected upon his home. Also his 56 years old sister was serverly
injured ! Also, th! e main governemental building (al-Sarayya), a buiding constructed by the British army during the mandante' was hit; target was the
prisons where there were civil and security prisoners were kept! A friend of mine, a medical doctor at Shifa hospital told me that death toll has climbed
to approximately 500 though the media mention 280 dead, and more than 1000 injured! The escallation now is at Rafah border with Israeli aircrafts
operating at Rafah border to destroy tunnels. Humdreds of the Palestinians stormed the Egyptian border with a buldozer and on foot but failed to enter
to the other side as the Egyptians shot live at them.
All best,
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