Jan 15 2009
Breaking News –Gaza/Israel Conflict - H/Q Refugee Aid Building Hit by Phosphorous Artillery – Gaza Journalists Injured – Truce on Horizon
Breaking News –Gaza/Israel Conflict - H/Q Refugee Aid Agency Hit by Phosphorous Artillery Fire – Gaza Journalists Injured – Truce on Horizon
After an intense morning of shelling the City of Gaza has been bombarded with phosphorous artillery fire a short while ago. In the crossfire the main UN compound has been struck by 3 artillery shells which have engulfed the building in a blazing fire.
The main UN Aid building is on fire. Huge clouds of black billowing smoke fill the city with choking fumes. 700 people from the nearby high rise buildings which were targeted earlier today had come here for safety and refuge.
The media building has also been hit and it is reported that 2 journalists have been injured. Nearby, 5 trucks stand filled with fuel in a dangerously volatile situation in a City which holds a half a million people.
Hard to extinguish, the phosphorous fires rage out of control. To put water from conventional fire extinguishers onto the flames would produce toxic fumes which would choke all around.
Sand is needed to quell the burning inferno but none is at hand. 11, 00 people have now perished in Gaza, including 400 innocent women and children. The terrible loss of life and constant suffering to the Palestinians has got to stop and this unholy war needs to be brought to an abrupt end.
Emergency talks in Egypt see Hamas Officials and delegates from Israel desperately trying to put a deal in place which suits both sides and UN Official Ban Ki-Moon has expressed his outrage at the “unbearable point” of loss of Palestinian life incurred during this conflict.
This latest strike on the city central of Gaza is against all International rules of War. Military bombardment sent into built-up areas is inhumane and morally wrong.
An Official from the Red Cross stated the Israelis were using munitions in a way which adhered to the rules laid down by International law and The Israelis assure us they are only targeting Hamas Militants.
With the main Aid building being hit, this has now severely hampered efforts to get medicine and supplies through to the sick, injured, and people fighting for their lives on the streets of Gaza. -
It really is dreadful what’s happening in Gaza, and it just seems to keep getting worse. So many people have died now, many innocent, and I feel that you’re most certainly right that this war really needs to be brought to an abrupt end.
It’s terrible what has been happening, and what keeps continuing to happen. I hope they manage to get the required sand as quickly as possible, and it’s dreadful that international rules of war are now being broken.
This conflict really needs to come to an end. There needs to be some sort of intervention to bring a stop to the attacks, but any outside intervention would surely lead to a war of a larger scale. It’s a very difficult situation, but it’s very wrong what’s happening in Gaza and that so many innocent people keep losing their lives.
An excellent article from you here as always. Your writing never fails to impress me, and is as ever brilliant here. I’ve really appreciated you keeping me up to date on the Gaza/Israel conflict, and every time I read your posts they make me proud. You really are an incredibly talented writer.
We shoulod we be fighting? We all live in this world, why do we hate each other so much? We live together, we die together. Why make it painful for others to live here when we all do? Why do we get such joy out of watching someone kill someone we love? How do you think that feels? What would happen to you if someone you loved like your daughter, son, wife, husband, friends, and other family would be killed be someone who’s just having fun? I have a friend who lives in Gaza. Everytime I dont hear from him or he stops talking to me, I think someting bad has happened. I dont like that feeling. I dont know what I’d do if I found out he was killed… I dont think I’d stay to find out how I’d react… By killing one, you kill us all. If I found out that my friend in Gaza was killed, I’d kill myself. I love him, how else am I suppose to react? If I killed myself over my friend, everyone I know who loves me and cares for me will to. Kill one, you kill all. It’s not fair to make people go through this. You wouldnt make yourself go through this, then why put us?
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