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Cash and cauliflower
Gazans on the slow road to recovery make due with less.
Civilians in the midst of war
Reporting back from Gaza during the tenuous ceasefire, Oxfam's Michael Bailey gives a firsthand view of the consequences of war.
I may never find out
My fifteen-month-old child is already showing signs of trauma. In the middle of his few hours of slumber, he wakes up and starts screaming as if someone has hit him.
"At least if I die, I will die with a little hope."
This morning I heard people chanting outside. I wondered what it was, and then the lights came on.
Stories from Shifa Hospital and beyond
Today, I met with people outside of Shifa Hospital in Gaza city. I could not believe the stories I was hearing.
"Our hospitals cannot cope, nor can our doctors."
Short on supplies and equipment, doctors are struggling to provide medical care to people in Gaza.
January 8, 2009: We are slowly being suffocated
Today, I left my neighborhood for the first time since this waking nightmare started. As my wife and I said goodbye, I knew that we were both thinking the same thing--that this could be the last time we ever see one another.
January 5, 2009: Are we not human?
The air, the sea, and the earth in Gaza city are now occupied by the Israeli military. They occupy Gazans' minds, nerves, and ears too.
December 31, 2008: Hoping that the New Year will bring us peace
Last night we had no electricity; we rationed the fuel from the generator to provide us with a little light.
