Message from Gaza
Writer:Prof. Abdelwahed
(Department of English Faculty of Arts & Humanities Al-Azhar University of Gaza)
Background of the writer in detail
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:14 PM
Subject: Al-Quds hospital in Gaza burnt by Israeli army
Al-Quds hospital in Tal el-Hawa (Second block from me) as burnt by the Israeli army!
Day 25 invasion time (Wednesday 21st January 2009)
It was an irony; they said the invasion was over; the Israeli tanks pulled back from their positions.
I said, the invasion is not over yet. Theinvaders are still inside Gaza Strip. Redeployment does not mean withdrawal!
Three summits followed to decide! Decide on what? I am not talking politics in this context, rather I am talking humanitarian!
My major concern is the civilian casualties and human loses! Unfortunately, no one king, president,
emir, or sultan, or country's delegation dared mentioning Israel's violation of human rights;
their use of white phosphorous bombs indiscriminately against civilians and residential buildings was "not seen"!
One of the major losses comes from destroying the agricultural life!
The Israelis destroyed a very wide agricultural area; it's wide as compared to the overall area of Gaza Strip.
Their military bulldozers uprooted trees, destroyed greenhouses, plants, crops, water wells, irrigation systems,
electric lines, and everything else in the green field, and I mean everything else around! They killed domestic animals, meat animals, and poultry too!
The features of the place have changed! Even fences between pieces of land were destroyed!
Even the homes of farmers were demolished!
The agricultural field has turned to be as plain as the palm of my hand!
Israel punished every Palestinian living in Gaza Strip! Among losses estimated, approximately 50% of the overall loses were in the field of agriculture!
In simple words, the Israeli war waged against Gaza Strip proved to be an indiscriminate punishment of everyone in Gaza Strip!
It was a process of killing an upcoming generation; hundreds of infants and children were killed under rubble.
Also, hundreds of women were killed in the crazy bombing of civilians homes!
The Israeli justifications and pretexts were silly by all means.
UN secretary visited Gaza; he was taken to see how innocent civilians live inhumanely in UNRWA schools;
he went to al-Fakhoura school in Jabalia where 67 Palestinian war escapees were killed, and dozens others wounded by Israeli tanks shelling!
Did he condemn Israel even with his words? So what!
I really mean it; so what his visit! Three summits were held in the region without mentioning a word of condemnation of Israelis violations of human rights and war crimes!
In Gaza, people are still trying to find their dead. The first day after the ceasefire 103 dead bodies were found under rubble,
then 26 other were found the following day, and search is sill under way.
Whole families were wiped from the map of humanity!
Now, if we speak about those who were saved and remained alive in a way r another, we would mention dozens of orphans in need of care!
Who will take care of them with no facilities available and no official social program for the orphans?
There is only one orphanage in Gaza Strip and it's a poor institutions depends on donations and good doers!
Prof. Abdelwahed
Department of English Faculty of Arts & Humanities Al-Azhar University of Gaza
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