
In violation of an Israeli Supreme Court ruling, Israeli authorities continued to prohibit journalists from entering Gaza. Under such circumstances, there live blog reports are invaluable in helping the outside world to understand just how the Israeli attacks have impacted life in Gaza.
As it happens, several Gaza bloggers -- Habeeb of Gaza Today; Abdelwahed, Shakra, and Qishta of Moments of Gaza; Mohammed Ali of Oxfam; Sharon at Tales to Tell, and Canadian activist Eva Bartlett at In Gaza, and Rafa Kid --- have regularly posted outstanding firsthand accounts of events. Rafa kid even went out to conduct interviews. Their achievements are all the more impressive as every Gaza resident has -- to some extent -- been preoccupied with matters of survival since the Israeli attacks began.
Meanwhile, based in Israel, Jameel and Dave are live-blogging reports on the conflict, posting updates around the clock.
You can follow the war on Twitter at #Gaza.
Habeeb, who describes himself as "Palestinian born and raised in Gaza" is a 23 year old journalist holding a bachelor's degree in English Literature.
- The Hunger Before the Storm, 26 Dec 2008, Gaza Strip the Untold Story.
- A bloody Day in Gaza: over 230 killed, hundreds injured, 27 Dec 2008
- News update from Gaza, 28 Dec 2008
- I heard the Missile Coming, Why would Israel bomb a university?, 29 Dec 2008
- Escalation goes on more Israeli air raids kill more civilians, 30 Dec 2008
- Day 6 of Israeli War on Gaza, 1 Jan 2009
- Day 7 of Israeli War on Gaza, 2 Jan 2009 (list of military actions)
- Day 8 of Israeli War on Gaza, 3 Jan 2009 (list of key targets of Israeli Army)
- Day 9 of Israeli War on Gaza, 4 Jan 2009
- 10 days of Israeli War on Gaza, 5 Jan 2009

Photo of Dr. Abdelwahed is from a 2006 interview with the BBC. He is a professor at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.
- The worst is yet to comeh
- Happy New Year's from Gaza
- What Gaza is like in the middle of the night
- Gaza is burning again
- Witness 4, Witness 3, Witness 2, Witness 1,
- Terror in Gaza, Hussain al-Aiedy is stuck in the middle of the fight, Hours of non-stop horror, 4 Jan 2009
- Israel's target for today: families (photo), No space to rest. No time to relax, Gaza now, 5 Jan 2009
- No place safe, no quite moment in Gaza, 8 Jan 2009
- Air raids everywhere, The surrounding violence, 9 Jan 2009
- Death is everywhere, 10 Jan 2009

- Escaping death . . . it's usual, From the students of Gaza to the students of the world (poem), From the IDF with love (this is how much love kills), 10 Jan 2009
- A Norwegian doctor at Al-Shifa hospital, Coordination for the dead, 9 Jan 2009
- We shall return, 7 Jan 2009
- You are not helpless, A day in the Palestinian Red Crescent, 6 Jan 2009
- It's terror. We are all on the floor, They wait for people to gather at the bomb site, then they bomb again, 5 Jan 2009
- I can't even write, Smell of gunpowder in the air, 4 Jan 2009
- Bombs, bombbomb-bomb, 3 Jan 2009
- January 2 (2), Baking cookies, 2 Jan 2009
- Animal laboratory, Gaza's New Year's Present, 1 Jan 2009
- They are roaming above us, Gaza and its surroundings, When typing becomes a problem, They bomb the same place again and again, A fantasy, Children cry even for survival, 31 Dec 2008
- Horror of the night, 30 Dec 2008
- I wonder how death feels like, 29 Dec 2008
- The silent enemy, 28 Dec 2008
- Saving the Arab world, Traumas continue, 27 Dec 2008

Fida Qishta is a teacher and translator from Rafah, southern Gaza .
- Diaries of Fida Qishta (2), 27 Dec 2008
- Diaries of Fida Qishta (4), 26 Dec 2008

- Footage from Rafah and Abu Jimal (text, video), 10 Jan 2009
- Rafah Exodus, (text, photos at Flickr), 7 Jan 2009
- Video from Rafah border following the airstrikes, 5 Jan 2009, Adampal2008 channel on Youtube (video)
- Is the real target Hamas rule, Interviews, To Fish, School, 2 Jan 2009, RafahKid ft. Rafah Pundits (Text, photos)
- Email (text), Video from Rafah border following air strike (video), They even kill chickens, Shifa ICU Rafa (text, photos), 1 Jan 2009
- Not a terrorist house Part 1, Not a Terrorist house Part 2, 30 Dec 2008
- We are slowly being suffocated, 8 Jan 2009
- New Year's Reflections and Nowhere to run, 2 Jan 2009
- Our lives have been paralyzed, 31 Dec 2008
- A frightful night, 29 Dec 2008
- The attacks continue, 28 Dec 2008

Elena Qleibo is a programme officer for Oxfam based in Gaza. Elena has lived and worked in the West Bank and Gaza for 20 years as an aid worker.

Eva Bartlett is a medic and member of the International Solidarity Movement. The photo (right) was taken upon her arrival in Gaza several months ago. Eva spent much of 2007 working in the West Bank (GM).
- Watching the white phosphorous fall, (text, video, photos), 11 Jan 2009
- Hard night's sleep (text, 3 videos, 6 photos), 10 Jan 2009
- No room for the dead, no room for the living (text, 12 photos), 8 Jan 2009
- Where would you go?, Bombing the news, 6 Jan 2009
- I’ll tell you how he died, It's really hard to post from here, 5 Jan 2009
- Emergency medic down, panicked residents unable to flee (text, 6 photos), 4 Jan 2009
- Why we are staying, day 6 deaths and strikes , and updates, 31 Dec 2008 - 3 Jan 2009
- From what I see, Dangerous nights in Jabaliya and throughout Gaza, Wreckage trail from Jabaliya to Gaza, 30 Dec 2008
- The Whole Building Shook, Like an Earthquake: Dr. Haidar Eid describes attacks on Ministry buildings 500m away from his home, 31 Dec 2008
- Collective Punishment, 29 Dec 2008
- Shifa ICU, Widespread attacks on Gaza leave nearly 300 Dead, 28 Dec 2008
- Christmas, 25 Dec 2008
- More missle strikes, more victims, 22 Dec 2008
- Strike after strike, 21 Dec 2008

- Jan 8-10: with a Red Cross evacuation team, Jan 10
- Jan 7, 8, 9, Jan 9
- Jan 6 evening to Jan 7 morning: Be strong, Jan 7
- It's really hard to post from here, Jan 5
- night shift/ UNRWA refuge schools attacked, Jan 6
- Jameel, Muqata on Twitter
Commentary:
Podcasting from the Gaza Strip, Guardian
Overview:
December 2008 Gaza Strip Airstrikes, Wikipedia
2008 Gaza Strip Blombings, Global Voices
Ayesha Saldanha, Global Voices
BBB Gaza crisis timeline
No comments:
Post a Comment