THERE LIVE: Israeli attack on Gaza

UPDATED: 12 Jan 2009

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.

Sameh A. Habeeb, Sameh.Habeeb, Picassa (daily photos): Gaza War 3 (20 photos), Gaza War 2 (65 photos), Gaza War 1 (111 photos), Children playing 1 day pre-war (photos), Children playing despite bombings (photos), Bakeries of Gaza out of Bread, People are hungry, 22 Dec 2008 (131 photos)

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

Ramzy, Podcasting from Gaza: Ramzy in Gaza gives an on-the-ground account of the attacks, Mideast Youth (Podcast)

Prof. Dr. Said Abdelwahed, Gaza is a city of ghosts, Moments of Gaza (text)

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

Natalie Abou Shakra, January 2 (1), 2 Jan 2009, Moments of Gaza (text)

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, Diaries of Fida Qishta (1), 28 Dec - 31 Dec 2008, Moments of Gaza (text)

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

Dina Hazem, Back from the hostpital, Moments of Gaza (text)

Rafa Kid, Israeli air strike hits childrens' park in Rafah, RafahKid ft. Rafah Pundits, 1 Jan 2009, (photos at Flikr, text)

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

Mohammed Ali, Black Saturday, 27 Dec 2008, Oxfam (text)

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, We don't want to create an inconvenience, 6 Jan 2009, Oxfam (text)

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, “They know no limits now”: a New Nakba, what the medics see, do, and are subjected to; uncensored, In Gaza (text, photos)

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).