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AMY GOODMAN: We have just been joined on the phone by Raji Sourani [...] the award-winning human rights lawyer and director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza. [...] Can you tell us what happened?

RAJI SOURANI: I think the world should be worried about the crimes going on against Palestinian civilians, who are for the 18th consecutive day in the eye of the storm. They are the target. They are the target of the F-16s, of the cannons, of the gunships, day or night, 25 hours a day. They almost destroyed — they destroyed Gaza. I mean, it’s unbelievable, this army targeting only civilians and civilian targets — towers, houses, hospitals, churches, mosques, schools, shelter places, ambulances, nurses, doctors, journalists. This is the most political army — this is the most political army in the world. This is the mighty Israel, its might and power targeting civilians. They are doing war crimes, crimes against humanity, persecution for 2.4 million people for the last 18 days.

Unfortunately, this colonial, racist West supporting them by all ways and means. They are supporting them with money, with guns, with airplanes, with all what they need to do this crime. They are complicit by supporting them politically and militarily and politically. It’s shame this is happening in the 21st century, while these war crimes not secret enough. It’s projected live on air, and the entire world see it. And the ICC prosecutor, who issued warrants against Putin because he committed war crimes against civilians, because he invaded and made occupation to Ukraine, and here we have this prolonged military occupation, we have prolonged blockade, which is criminal, suffocated people here, we have five consecutive wars, and this is the sixth, and he is doing nothing. He is doing nothing except, you know, freezing the investigation of the war crimes committed by Israel and the Israeli army.

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AMY GOODMAN: Raji, you’re talking about the International Criminal Court prosecutor, Karim Khan?

RAJI SOURANI: Yes, yes. He is complicit. He is selectively dealing with the Rome Statute, with the investigations, and he’s politically charging the International Criminal Court. Shame on him. He didn’t say one statement, since day one 'til this moment. He should be the backbone of the victims who are suffering in this part of the world. And he sees that, and he knows that, and he receives reports about that. And he's doing nothing.

So, U.S. and Mr. Biden — I’m saying to him — you are complicit. You are part of these crimes, because you are allowing, with your arms, civilians to be targeted and killed. We have almost 1,200 people for almost two weeks under the wreckage and under the destroyed houses, unable to be recovered. We have 57 families deleted, don’t exist anymore, because 20, 25, 30 of them have been killed in one second. We have churches targeted, and people died in it. We have mosques, people sheltered in it, and they were killed. Why you are allowing this to happen? Why you are seeing, watching, supporting Israel? Israel right of defense? Or it should be protecting civilians at the time of war. IHL, international humanitarian law, and human rights, Rome Statute, it’s there simply, Amy, to protect civilians at a time of war. And nobody is protecting us. We are the target of the Israeli army. They want to evict Gaza, and they create a new Nakba. They don’t want anybody in Gaza. They want us to leave. We are not leaving. We are the stones of the valley. We have been here since ever, and we will continue forever. We will not be part of the Israeli plan to evacuate Gaza.

AMY GOODMAN: Raji, if you can tell us what happened to your own family? When was your house bombed? And were you dug out from the rubble?

RAJI SOURANI: I’m living in Rimal area, Tal Al Hawa, the nicest place in Gaza. I have my own villa, and it’s nice, with very nice garden. It’s a two-story building. It’s me and my wife Amal and my son Basel. And we were, like everybody, I mean, you know, at our home, watching what’s going on. And out of the blue, the bombing began, began in our area — nothing special, nothing unique, nothing consist danger; otherwise, my sense will tell me, I mean, you know, I have to leave, or I will ask my wife and son, I mean, at least, to leave. But there is nothing, I mean, in that part. It’s entirely civilian, and I can tell — and I have always the reason, I mean, to say that.

And I have — the bombing began, and we thought, yes, I mean, this might be one bomb here or there. But it was very close. And the second, and then we began to realize and feel, you know, there is something big wrong happening, because sound getting closer, closer and closer. We were holding — I mean, we were not thinking or realizing that we are going to survive. That’s not easy. And I was thinking of a lot of things, I mean, my life, how I didn’t really, you know, leave like everybody leave. Should I leave, or should I stay? Why we move just in that place two minutes before the rocket of F-16, GBU-38, hit? And I felt the heat of the flame, and I saw the ball of fire. And every time, especially this one, I thought it’s our end. And this was last one, I mean, with the hit directly to my house, and the house was literally destroyed. Lucky enough, I just moved from the place where we are staying, upon the request of my son, to one tiny corridor inside the house. And if we were where we were, we are gone. We are gone.

So, we waited almost half an hour, unable to speak any words, unable to do anything. And we were really, I mean, a state of human shock. And I waited 'til, you know, there was some siren of ambulances remotely, and that means usually the bombing stopped, and they get the green light to come in. Then we began to climb our way out. But it was rather a mission impossible. And we were lucky, I mean, you know, to get out. And when we get out of the place, we just moved to my brother's house, which is like 800 meters away from the place we are staying. This happened on the 18th. But since then 'til today, I can assure you one thing, that the entire area is of Tal Al Hawa completely abolished almost. Two-thirds of it doesn't exist. This really beautiful area of Gaza doesn’t exist anymore.

So, we survived. We were lucky. But our neighbors, I mean, they lost 29 members, Habboush family, and others and others and others and others and others. We are collecting data. We are collecting information. This is unprecedented. I never, ever thought in my life civilians can be the target of war. They are not with Hamas.

Hamas insulted them, insulted their intelligence, insulted their military. We can understand that. In two hours, they were able to destroy the security wall, which America — which U.S. took it as the standard, and many other countries. And they destroyed it in 15 minutes, and they were able to enter. And they took over 11 military strongholds of Israel, and they killed and captured many of them. And they get back to them in Gaza, and we can understand why they are angry with them. And they took the headquarters of Gaza commandment of the Israeli military army, and they arrested generals, colonel and others, and they brought them, I mean, to Gaza. Israel has the right to be angry, absolutely angry, because Hamas showed their intelligence and their military capability means nothing, and they destroyed this illusion in two hours.

But why they are revenging from us? They should rebel from Hamas. Hamas still, I can assure you, functions like a Swiss watch in Gaza, and they are not affected. I can tell that. I can see that. We feel that. They are unable to minimize their power. They are unable to silence them. They are unable to locate where their soldiers are who were taken as prisoners of war. They are unable to do anything for them. That’s why they are revenging from us. This is the shame on the army. I mean, there is rules of engagement between the army, between the resistance movement and any army. But why civilians are the target? This is the big question. This is shame this is happening, I mean, to us.

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AMY GOODMAN: I want to ask you — the leaflets that were dropped this weekend on Gaza, addressed to residents of Gaza, reading, “Urgent warning to the residents of Gaza: Your presence north of Wadi Gaza is putting your lives at risk. Anyone who chooses not to evacuate from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south of the Gaza Strip may be identified as a partner in a terrorist organization.” These on leaflets. I don’t know if you saw these leaflets, but you have made a decision with your family not to move south. Can you respond to what they’re saying, that anyone who chooses not to evacuate may be identified as a partner in a terrorist organization?

RAJI SOURANI: We have been here since ever, and we will stay forever. And no power on Earth will take me from here. We are the stones of the valley. They have to understand that. And even if they destroy once and again houses on our heads, even if they took our life, we are not moving anymore. Simply, we suffered from the Nakba 75 years. They committed massacres. They killed thousands of Palestinians. They pushed us out. And now it’s time for us not to do that again, at least willingly. We cannot be part of Mr. Bibi’s plan to evacuate Gaza. He said it, from a written statement, in a press conference day one: Gazans should leave Gaza. Where to? Where to? If anybody should leave, people like Mr. Bibi, not us. Enough for the occupation. We want dignity, freedom, end of this belligerent, criminal occupation. Now people from south of Gaza began to come back to north in thousands, because there is no safe haven in Gaza, no safe place in Gaza. And we are not going to be a tool in the hands of racist, criminal, rightist Israeli prime minister. No way. We are not going to do that. We are going to stay in Gaza.

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— On Palestine: Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé (2015)

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ID: An AlJazeera #War on Gaza news article featuring a picture of Raji Sourani. It is captioned -

In Italy, a Palestinian lawyer who fled Gaza builds Israel genocide case. End ID.

Raji Sourani, a Palestinian human rights lawyer from , left the Gaza Strip with his family as the war raged. He then joined colleagues in Sicily, Italy to try to take Israel to the International Court of Justice. “What we are witnessing is unprecedented. And what’s more concerning is that the people documenting the horrors are dying too, erasing the evidence of what is happening,” Raju Sourani said.

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We wish you the best of lucks Raji Sourani..

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“There are corpses all over the place, left out for three, four weeks because no one can reach them to bury them before the dogs eat them,” said Raji Sourani, a lawyer with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza. He said he saw dozens of dead bodies as he made his way from Gaza City to the southern border with Egypt last week. Israeli forces are holding one of his colleagues, human rights researcher Ayman Lubbad, in custody.

Palestinians recount similar terrifying scenes as the Israeli military combs through northern towns. Soldiers go door to door with dogs, using loudspeakers to call on families to come outside, residents said. Or they blast doors of homes open with a grenade, yelling at men to remove their clothes and confiscating money, IDs and cellphones.

Dec 15 2023

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Last week, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The court’s judges, in their Nov. 21 ruling, found that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the pair were responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the context of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza — namely, using starvation as a method of warfare, as well as “murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.”

The ICC’s judges issued an additional warrant for the arrest of Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif, whom the Israeli army claimed it killed in July but whose death Hamas never confirmed; the group insisted at the time that Deif survived the assassination attempt, but has reportedly since acknowledged that he likely died. The court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, had also requested arrest warrants for Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, but Israel subsequently killed both men, in August and October respectively. 

The ICC launched a formal criminal investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel-Palestine in 2021, when judges ruled that the court has jurisdiction over crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories and those committed by Palestinians inside Israel. The scope of the investigation dates back to 2014, but these warrants relate specifically to the period between Oct. 8, 2023, and May 20, 2024. 

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"A Great Day for Justice": Gaza Lawyer Raji Sourani on ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant

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Gazan Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani Describes Israeli Siege of Gaza City Gazan Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani Describes Israeli Siege of Gaza City https://youtu.be/8kKNw1ZWnNU?si=0jDxEGm2XWqqqc8Q via @YouTube

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Gazan Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani Describes Israeli Siege of Gaza City

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Democracy Now Daily Show Oct 09, 2023

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“Dark Days”: Israeli Human Rights Leader Orly Noy on Israel’s War on Palestinians After Hamas Attack

"...Orly Noy, chair of the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem and editor of the Hebrew-language news site Local Call. “There is a really strong sense of demanding revenge within the Israeli public,” reports Noy, who says the attack catching Israel off guard is a massive military intelligence failure. “Once the immediate crisis is over, the Israeli public will be demanding answers from the government and Netanyahu.”

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“Do You Hear the Bombing?”: Gazan Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani Describes Israeli Siege of Gaza City

"Netanyahu says Gazans should leave Gaza. Where to? Even we don’t have safe passage. And the minister of defense say, “We are going to cut electricity, water, food, oil” — everything, I mean, will be cut on Gaza. So, 2.4 million civilians in Gaza are subject to unprecedented situation, which it’s very genocidal."

Amy Goodman : "Will there be a total land invasion? Can you respond to what this means? Just to give people a sense, you’re talking about this strip of land, Gaza, that’s about the size of Detroit. There are about 600,000 people in Detroit. We’re talking about 2.4 million people. It’s one of the most densely populated areas on Earth. Raji, if you could take it from there?"

+ "I think it’s not human to be a good victim."

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Hamas Killed His Friend, But Knesset Member Cassif Says End the Occupation Now, All “Pay the Price”

We speak to Ofer Cassif, an Israeli Jewish Knesset member with the Hadash-Ta’al coalition, about Hamas’ surprise attack and Israel’s response. Cassif condemns the violence and killing of civilians “on both sides,” adding that both “Israelis and Palestinians pay the price of the arrogant, criminal, ongoing occupation that Israel refuses to end.” He then calls for an immediate end to occupation and of Israel’s “fascist subjugation” of Palestinians, an act which he says will “also liberate the Israelis.”

"And I would like to conclude, if I may, by saying and by taking the whole issue into and explaining it within a political frame. Israel wanted this violence. In 2017, Smotrich, who was then a member of the Knesset, but at the moment, unfortunately, this racist thug is a minister, a minister of finance, but, as well, minister within the Defense Ministry, he published six years ago — and it is explicit. You can read it. I mean, you can google and read it. It was entitled the “Subjugation Plan,” which boils down to three. First, the Palestinian Occupied Territories should be annexed to Israel as a whole, without granting basic rights to the Palestinians. Second, those Palestinians who do not agree to live under this subjugation are going to be expelled from their homeland. And third, those Palestinians who are going to resist are going to be killed. What we see now, and the coup, by the way, that the government of Israel has been carrying out within Israel, all of those are means to that goal. The goal is to realize this horrific, racist, colonialist, fascist plan of Smotrich’s. And the attack on Gaza is part of it. They use the terrible, horrifying, unacceptable carnage in the struggle of Israel as an excuse to attack Gaza as part of the realization of this fascist subjugation plan."

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Historian Rashid Khalidi: Palestinians “Living Under Incredible Oppression, … It Had to Explode”

 "War crimes don’t justify other war crimes. And we are about to see horrific war crimes.

But I think there are two things that have to be added. This has to be put within the context. And the context is not just occupation. The context is settler colonialism and apartheid. The people of Gaza, the refugees in Gaza, originate in the areas where Hamas fighters were attacking in the last couple of days. Those were Palestinian towns and villages in 1948. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine led to the cooping up of what are now 2.4 million people in Gaza. Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the United States. These are the Indigenous people of the southern parts of Israel that the Hamas fighters were attacking over the past few days. That’s the first thing.

The second thing is, I think that we’re about to see a paradigm shift. The idea that you can coop up 5 million people, put them behind walls, tighten the siege on them, use an eyedropper to allow them some food, some water, some electricity, that idea has exploded as a result of the horrific events of the past two-and-a-half days. This cannot continue. It’s not just a matter of occupation. We have to recognize that you cannot treat an entire people the way Israel, not just under this neofascist government, but under all of its previous governments, have treated them. You cannot expel three-quarters of a million people in 1948 and not expect the return of the repressed. You cannot commit daily violence against Palestinians — one Palestinian has died every day this year — in fact, slightly more — in the occupied West Bank. You cannot expect that not to lead to a reaction. The reaction will be violent. The reaction sometimes may include things that are unquestionably war crimes.

But that kind of pressure put on an entire people over three-quarters of a century will necessarily, inevitably bring a violent reaction."

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Kisah Pilu 67 Anak Yang Jadi Korban Perang Gaza: Mereka Terkubur Bersama Impian Menjadi Dokter, Artis, Dan Pemimpin

 KONTENISLAM.COM - New York Times edisi Jumat (28/5) menampilkan 67 wajah anak-anak korban Perang Gaza di halaman depan sampulnya. Memunculkan lagi kesedihan sekaligus kemarahan yang belum selesai,  meskipun gencatan senjata Israel-Hamas telah ditempuh.   Hanya beberapa menit setelah perang antara Israel dan Hamas pecah, seorang anak laki-laki berusia 5 tahun bernama Baraa al-Gharabli tewas di Jabaliya, Gaza, tulis NYT. Seorang remaja berusia 16 tahun, Mustafa Obaid, tewas dalam serangan yang sama, pada malam 10 Mei. Sekitar waktu yang sama, empat saudara sepupu, Yazan al-Masri (2 tahun) Marwan al-Masri (6 tahun) Rahaf al-Masri (10 tahun) dan Ibrahim al-Masri (11 tahun), tewas di Beit Hanoun, Gaza. Keluarga hanya bisa menangis dengan dada yang sesak, sakit yang tidak akan pernah terobati seumur hidup. Kehilangan yang tidak akan pernah bisa tergantikan oleh apa pun. "Mereka Hanya Anak-anak," tulis NYT. Banyak orangtua yang kemudian hanya bisa mengatakan, 'Itu kehendak Tuhan', yang menunjukkan kepasrahan. Mereka tentu tidak akan melupakan bagaimana anak-anak mereka dengan ceria mengungkapkan cita-cita ingin menjadi dokter, artis, dan pemimpin. “Saya tidak percaya,” kata Saad Asaliyah, seorang sopir taksi dari Jabaliya, yang kehilangan putrinya yang berusia 10 tahun. "Saya mencoba menenangkan diri dengan mengatakan bahwa Tuhan menghendaki dia untuk pergi." Perang 11 hari telah membunuh 67 anak di Gaza dan 2 di Israel, menurut laporan awal. Hussein Hamad (11 tahun), Ibrahim Hassanain (16 tahun), Muhammad Suleiman (15 tahun), Hamza Ali (12 tahun), Mina Sharir (2 tahun), dan Lina Sharir (15 tahun), adalah beberapa di antarayang terbunuh yang semuanya adalah orang Palestina. Gaza adaah wilayah padat dengan populasinya yang kebanyakan anak-anak dan orang muda di mana sekitar setengahnya berusia di bawah 18 tahun. Jadi, ketika pesawat tempur menghantam rumah dan lingkungan pemukiman, jumlah anak yang berisiko sangat luar biasa.  Bahkan ada keluarga yang kehilangan seluruh anak-anaknya. Israel menyalahkan Hamas atas tingginya jumlah korban tewas sipil di Gaza karena kelompok itu menembakkan roketnya terlebih dulu dan melakukan operasi militer dari wilayah sipil. Kritikus Israel menyebut jumlah korban tewas sebagai bukti bahwa serangan Israel tidak pandang bulu dan tidak proporsional. Anak-anak di Gaza adalah kelompok yang paling rentan. Mereka tumbuh di tengah kemiskinan dan angka   pengangguran yang tinggi. Anak-anak muda di Gaza tidak bisa dengan bebas bepergian ke dalam atau ke luar wilayah karena blokade yang diberlakukan oleh Israel dan Mesir. Mereka juga hidup di bawah ancaman perang yang terus-menerus. Rata-rata anak berusia 15 tahun akan hidup melalui empat serangan besar Israel. Hampir semua orang di Gaza mengenal seseorang yang terbunuh dalam pertempuran itu. “Ketika saya berpikir tentang anak-anak yang meninggal, saya juga memikirkan tentang mereka yang selamat. Mereka yang ditarik keluar dari reruntuhan dan kehilangan anggota tubuh, atau mereka yang akan pergi ke sekolah dan melihat teman mereka telah tiada,” kata Ola Abu Hasaballah, psikolog anak di Gaza. Di desa Arab Dahmash di Israel tengah, ketika sirene meraung sekitar jam 3 pagi pada 12 Mei, Nadine Awad, 16 tahun, dan ayahnya berlari keluar untuk berlindung, cerita pamannya, Ismail Arafat. Tapi sebuah roket yang ditembakkan oleh militan di Gaza menghantam tanah di samping rumah mereka, menewaskan mereka berdua. Pembimbing akademis, Sirin Slameh, mengatakan Nadine adalah siswa terbaik. Dia bisa berbicara bahasa Inggris dengan lancar, belajar sendiri cara bermain piano dan berpartisipasi dalam program koeksistensi Yahudi-Arab, kata Slameh. Korban lainnya; Zaid Talbani (4 tahun), Miriam Talbani (2 tahun), Hala Rifi (13 tahun), Bashar Samour (17 tahun) dan Mina Sharir (2 tahun). Dua dari anak-anak yang terbunuh di Gaza; Baraa al-Gharabli dan Mustafa Obaid, mungkin telah terbunuh ketika militan Palestina menembakkan roket ke Israel yang gagal, menurut penyelidikan awal oleh Defense for Children International-Palestine. “Roket tidak membedakan antara orang Arab dan Yahudi,” kata Ismail Arafat. Ido Avigal (5 tahun), terlihat gelisah ketika suara roket terdengar dan perang dimulai. Ia ketakutan sehingga dia tidak mau tidur, mandi, atau makan sendirian, kata Shani Avigal, ibunya. Ketika sirene mulai menggelegar di Sderot, Israel, dia berkumpul dengan keluarganya di ruang aman yang dibentengi di rumah bibinya. Namun, malang, ketika sebuah roket menghantam gedung di dekatnya, pecahan peluru menembus kaca tebal ruang aman itu dan pecahannya merobek perut Ido Avigal, kisah Shani dengan berlinang air mata.   Putranya sangat perhatian dan penyayang, dan baru-baru ini Ido berkata kepada teman-temannya bahwa 'tidak semua orang Arab itu jahat'. Ibunya menyetujui kata-kata Ido. Pada hari yang sama, 12 Mei, Hamada al-Emour (13 tahun) pergi bersama sepupunya, Ammar al-Emour (10 tahun), untuk mencukur rambut menyambut Idulfitri. Mereka dalam perjalanan ke rumah di Khan Younis ketika serangan udara Israel menewaskan mereka berdua, kata Atiya al-Emour, ayah Hamada, yang mengatakan dia menyaksikan kematian putranya itu dengan hati yang tercabik. "Saya berharap saya tidak melihat apa yang terjadi padanya," kata al-Emour. Mahmoud Tolbeh (12 tahun) adalah murid yang luar biasa, kata ayahnya, Hamed Tolbeh. Dia menyukai sains dan bermimpi menjadi insinyur mesin. Dia membantu di sekitar rumah, membuat telur dan sandwich untuk saudara-saudaranya, teh dan kopi untuk tamu, membersihkan rumah dan mengambil bahan makanan. Pada malam terakhir Ramadhan, dia pergi membantu sepupu di toko tukang cukurnya. Mahmoud hampir tiba di pintu masuk toko ketika pecahan peluru dari serangan udara Israel mengenai kepala dan lehernya. Dia meninggal dua hari kemudian setelah dirawat. “Dia memiliki masa depan yang cerah,” kata Tolbeh. "Tapi itu dikuburkan bersamanya di kuburan." Yahya Khalifa (13 tahun), telah menghafal beberapa ayat Alquran dan berharap suatu hari dapat mengunjungi Masjid Aqsa di Yerusalem. Namun roket telah membunuhnya. Empat bersaudara, Amir Tanani (6 tahun), Ahmad Tanani (2 tahun), Ismail Tanani (7 tahun) dan Adham Tanani (4 tahun) juga menjadi korban. Militer Israel mengatakan bahwa mereka memperingatkan semuanya agar menjauhi warga sipil. Namun, banyak orang di Gaza mengatakan bahwa jumlah warga sipil yang terbunuh membuktikan bahwa tindakan pencegahan apa pun yang diambil Israel tidak cukup. "Orang-orang berpikir pasti ada alasannya," kata Raji Sourani, direktur Pusat Hak Asasi Manusia Palestina di Gaza, "tetapi intinya adalah mereka ingin menimbulkan rasa sakit dan penderitaan." Banyak orang berlindung di sekolah-sekolah yang telah ditunjuk Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa, tetapi mereka juga telah dibom, memperkuat perasaan bahwa siapa pun bisa dibunuh di mana saja. Bahkan di Israel, warga Arab tidak selalu memiliki akses yang sama ke tempat perlindungan bom. Bocah usia 9 bulan, Muhammad-Zain al-Attar, duduk di antara saudara perempuannya, Amira al-Attar (6 tahun)  dan saudara laki-laki, Islam al-Attar (8 tahun). Serangan pertama menghantam pintu masuk apartemen mereka di lantai dasar, membuat mereka terjebak. Hanya ayahnya yang selamat yang kelar dari reruntuhan dengan susah payah. "Gaza sudah menjadi pengalaman yang sangat penuh kekerasan dan teror bagi anak-anak karena mereka berada di bawah kekuasaan militer yang konstan," kata Karl Schembri, juru bicara Dewan Pengungsi Norwegia, yang menjalankan program psikoterapi dan pendidikan untuk anak-anak di Gaza.   Gambar 67 anak yang menjadi korban perang di Gaza memenuhi halaman media sosial. Banyak yang bersedih dan terlarut dengan kisah ini.

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