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<b><i>Rafah today </i></b></font>wrote: <br><br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>Dear friends:<br><br>
Rafah, is one of and simple
place like the other camps in Palestine, that place which get damaged by
international machines and bulldozers that doesn’t hear the yelling of
that people, it doesn’t hear Um Sami’s AbdelAl yells when she asked the
bulldozers driver to stop till she get out of her home, it doesn’t hear
the voice of Um Amar who yelled to the Israeli bulldozer driver till she
get her child Amar.. it doesn’t hear that fat man Ibrahim Abu Isaa, who
wasn’t able to get out of his house, it doesn’t heard the voice of
Mohammed Al Saranandi the 65 years old who thought that his white flag
can bring him some mercy when he waved to the Israeli soldiers by it.. I
still didn’t find any meaning, or explanation for what is happening, is
that a war against Palestinians? No it’s not, it’s a war against
humanity, it’s the international technology who fight against innocents
people who are sleeping in their house, the same as it happening now at
this moment 1:42 in the middle of the night.. <br><br>
In this moment
that I’m writing you, shelling and shooting is continues.. Crimes in
every street, the Israeli soldiers killed a (31 years old) women Mona
Ahmed Ismail while she was making bread in the bakery for her children
and family.. It’s a very bad life right now in Rafah, people sleeping in
the corners of the streets everywhere.. Please spread this news with my
last report which I posted in my website with some pictures
<a href="http://www.rafah.vze.com/">www.rafah.vze.com</a> <br><br>
Thank you!<br><br>
Mohammed<br><br>
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During the past few days, it was full of attacks, incursions and crimes,
from western Rafah to Eastern Rafah there is no house that has not
somehow been affected by the Israeli crimes, from the north of Rafah and
the south of it would be hard for you to understand what is happening..
it was like an earthquake, damaged houses here and there. Three days ago
the Israeli Army demolished a part of Al Tawhid mosque, and today they
demolished the rest of it..<br><br>
Two days ago, the IDF demolished three houses near the Morage
settlements, and another few houses were demolished, leaving the children
of Al Jaria and Al Malahay families without homes in the cold weather.
They also demolished many olive trees and two other gardens of chickens
and sheep in the same area..<br><br>
On the other hand, the Palestinian Human Rights Center appealed to the
international community to crack down on the Israeli Army in Rafah, as
that decision came a few hours after the Israeli withdrawal from Rafah
Camp leaving 10 demolished houses, a large number of injured people and
another 5 partially demolished houses.. As the Palestinian Human Rights
Center says, Rafah has largest number of demolished houses. In addition
to that, the Israeli policy of demolishing houses is a war crime against
international laws for human rights, but the international community is
not speaking up. which is encouraging the Israeli government to continue
to demolish houses.<br><br>
In the last attack in Rafah Refugee Camp, Israeli soldiers severely beat
15 year old Yehya Ibrahim Qandil, and his brothers 17 year old Ali, and
27 year old Mohammad last night northwest of Rafah City. According to
medical sources at Abu Yousef Al Najjar Hospital they are all suffering
from broken legs and arms. That crime comes after yesterday’s crime,
where the Israeli Army which is armed with international weapons and
under a massive <br>
shelling from cannons, they demolished over 20 houses, and at least 6
people were injured.. The tanks and bulldozers withdrew just two hours
ago since yesterday leaving many families demolished houses, injured
people and many people in the tents..<br><br>
Maybe it’s easy to read these words, just as you are sitting in your
house, but can you imagine just for a moment if that child who lost his
house is your son, your brother, or your sister?!<br><br>
During that moments, the Israeli Army began in a new attacks just few
hours after they withdraw from Block “O” area in Rafah and began in Tal
Al Sultan area where they are still continuing up till that moment 4:37
PM. The injured people are 12 years old Mohammed Mahmoud Musa, Mohammed
Abdelmajeed Abu Deban (9), Mohammed Darwish Saqer (9), and another old
woman whom we do not know a name for. Abu Yusif Al Najjar hospital <br>
says, that the injured people were seriously injured in different parts
of their bodes, as the medical workers thought that the injured children
were injured by a bomb which was as a toy form in Tal Al Sultan
area..<br><br>
According to the UNRWA office, the known houses that were demolished up
till this moment belong to: Hamed Qeshta, Mohammed Qeshta, Ibrahin
Qishta, Hamadan Qishta, Mohammed S Qusehta, Saeed Qieshta, Farid Queshta,
Hesham Qeshta, Masoud Qeshta, Said S Queshta, and finally Hussam AL
Shaer, in addition to other families who are not known up till that
moment.. As the result of the whole attack there are 31 demolished
houses, in addition to 5 partially demolished houses, and demolishing
trees and damage the water supplies, electricity and phone
lines..<br><br>
Rafah families appeals to the world to stop what is happening here. Um
Samir AbdeAl sits in the rubble of her house raising her hands towards
the sky and weeping:” Is that legal what these criminals are doing
against us? what did I do?! What did I do when the drunk bulldozer
drivers demolished my house in less than 5 minutes?! Where are you Arabs?
where is Human Rights? Where is world? where are those liars?” She also
called on international journalist friends by saying”: What are you doing
here?! You are all merchants, just coming here to cover for your own
benefits and not for the sake of peace and justice. You were taking many
photographs... what do we get from your photographs? The result is
nothing but more incursions and attacks.”<br><br>
Um Amaar sits in the rubble of her house, weeping and crying because of
what happened with her and her family. She began weeping and saying:
”They demolished the house, they demolished the furniture, they killed my
son, they shot my son’s child, they removed us <br>
from the earth, they don’t have a brain... where I should go? waiting for
UNRWA mercy to bring me a tent, or Red Cross blankets?!, I don’t want
anything. I want my house, my house and that’s all, my house, I want to
sleep in that rubble now, I don’t want to leave. I want to die under the
rubble of my house, but I will not leave. I will ever never leave. These
Israelis came as our guests in 1948 and we hosted them, and is this the
result of our hospitality?! That is the result: we became homeless and
our guests became the owners of the land?!! No, no no I will not leave, I
want to die here in this corner that I used to sit in all my
life.”<br><br>
That is the life in Rafah Refugee Camp, the Israeli soldiers shoot at
every moving thing, even animals. Here is the end of the world, here is
the place where they killed the truth, they killed Tom Hurndel, Rachel
Coriee, and James Miller..<br><br>
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