Journalist Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine), in Gaza, has been tweeting sardonic observations about living through the Israeli bombardment of his friends and family. They together form a sort of stream-of-consciousness journal:
I look forward to surviving. If I don't, remember that I wasn't Hamas or a militant, nor was I used as a human shield. I was at home.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 20, 2014
People get massacred in Shijaiyya, I hear knocking on my door. It was survivor of the massacre looking for a shelter to spend the night.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 20, 2014
Hani mourns the victims of Al Shijaiyya massacre. He wishes that his friends stay safe. He soon gets killed. His friends mourn his death.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 20, 2014
We decide to escape the harrowing reality we're entrapped in by sleeping. Sleeping however has become an absurd wish. Death is easier.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 20, 2014
Electricity is off. Escaping the dark and hot weather, friends gather outside their house. Missile hits them. Nine are dead, three brothers.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 19, 2014
Yesterday missiles killed children on the beach. Children avoid the beach. They play on the rooftop. Again, missiles hit. Three are dead.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 17, 2014
My friend tells me their neighbor's house was hit. He had some pigeons. Two have died. The rest flew, and came back to perch on the rubble.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 15, 2014
Amir, 12, and Mohammed. 10, want to buy yogurt. Things are calm, they tell their mom. They leave the house. A blast is heard. They're dead.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 14, 2014
Some Israelis wish me death. I might die. But I wish no death unto you. I want us both to live. Live together as equals in this country.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 13, 2014
Anas, 17, posts on Facebook, 'I'm too tired, shell our home so I can get some sleep.' A while later, his home is shelled. He sleeps forever.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 13, 2014
I read that Israel 'urges' north Gaza residents to leave their homes. Curiously I Google how many live in northern Gaza. Over 200,000.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 12, 2014
25 children killed, 10-year old Maysam sends a message to the world: 'I'm alive, and I'm not a terrorist.' 'Don't kill me,' she entreats.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 12, 2014
A jet fires two missiles at a civilian house. The house becomes rubble. Five are instantly killed. 18 injured. The only survivor is a cat.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 12, 2014
Maybe this journal will go down in history, like the journal of Ann Frank and bear witness to the wickedness of some.
But the diary of Anne Frank only became available years later.
These tweets can be read NOW, within second of their being written amidst the bombs of Gaza. The world has no excuse. We cannot say we did not know. And yet the world watches, and turns away. Again.
This is depressing.
The cruelty and blatant evil as the world’s pro-Israel/anti-Palestine govts cheer leads the massacre.
The Gaza attack has some echoes of the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Arutz Sheva 7 , the Israeli national news service reported that Lieutenant General Dolev Keidar of the Israel Defense Forces was killed by Gazan militants during an infiltration attempt. His funeral will be tomorrow:
link to israelnationalnews.com
Also, despite Israel’s UN ambassador’s statement on Sunday denying the capture of an Israel soldier by Hamas, an Israeli government spokesperson today stated that it is still “investigating” whether the Hamas claim is accurate.
One article has called the mood in Israel “somber” despite the initial high confidence in the Iron Dome performance previously and anti-war demonstrations are growing within Israel. 25 IDF personnel have been killed in action.