Tag: Gaza

  • UK medics go on hunger strike after being refused entry into Gaza

    Haroon Siddique | The Guardian 19 May 2009 Three British medics began a hunger strike in Egypt today to protest against being refused entry into Gaza for a humanitarian mission. Their aim is to establish a cardiac surgery unit at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, which currently has no such facility, and to help train…

  • Destruction of Shofa, Gaza

    ISM Gaza | Farming Under Fire 18 May 2009 This is the village of Shofa, east from the town of Rafah, Gaza Strip. About 60 houses demolished by the Israeli occupation forces, during the recent war. People living in tents. Part of their agricultural land also destroyed. Palestinian farmers told us that after 5 pm…

  • Life among the ruins in Gaza

    Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 15 May 2009 Wadi Gaza is an agricultural region southeast of Gaza City. The ruins of Hussein al Aaidy’s family home are immediately apparent. The houses (and several other heaps of ruins) are scattered among budding hills, lazing goats and fields that have been plowed but not sown. Up until nine…