Ua piha ʻo Gaza i nā leo o ke kaua. ʻO ka mea maʻamau he wahi ʻūhū a walaʻau, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka cacophony o kona ola kūlanakauhale paʻa me ke kani mau ʻana o nā drones, nā puʻupuʻu o nā pū kaua moana, ka ʻuā o nā F-16 a me nā pahū o nā missiles, nā pū a me nā pōkā i hāʻule i lalo.
ʻAʻohe kani ma Gaza, ʻaʻohe hale, ʻaʻohe ʻōnaehana pale ea. He luku wale no a make.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 240 Palestinians i pepehi ʻia i nā lā he ʻumi o ka pōʻino e ka pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela. Ma kahi o 77 pakeneka o ka poʻe i make he poʻe kīwila, me kahi kokoke i kanalima mau keiki, e like me ka United Nations.
ʻIke ʻia ka pōʻino a puni kēlā me kēia kihi. ʻO nā hale i hoʻomāinoino ʻia, ʻāhaeha ʻia nā ʻaoʻao, hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o nā hiʻohiʻona nani, e kahe ana i ko lākou loko i nā alanui: kahi pahu hau i uhi ʻia i ka lepo sima, kahi moena haehae, kahi keʻena keʻena i haehae ʻia i ka hapalua. Hoʻonani nā ʻāpana aniani i nā alanui. ʻOi aku ma mua o 1,600 mau hale i hōʻemi ʻia i ka ʻōpala a i ʻole ka pōʻino nui.
Ua paʻi ʻia nā lua kupapaʻu. "Ke hoʻāʻo nei ka ʻIseraʻela e pepehi i ka poʻe make," wahi a kekahi kamaʻāina.
ʻEhā mau keikikāne o ka ʻohana hoʻokahi i pepehi ʻia i ko lākou pāʻani ʻana ma kahi moku i loko o ke kai i ka wā i pae ai ka pū kaua moana ʻIseraʻela ma luna o lākou. Ua make koke kekahi, holo kekahi i kahakai. "Holo mākou i ka cafe me nā haole," wahi a Hamada al-Bakr, kekahi o nā mea i pakele, e pili ana i ka hōkele ʻo Deira kahi i ʻike ai nā mea kākau haole i ka hoʻouka ʻana. ʻŌlelo ʻo Hamada e moe ana ma kahi moena o ka haukapila, me ka uē ʻana i ka ʻeha mai kahi ʻāpana pūpū i waiho i kona umauma.
ʻAʻole lākou i hiki i ka Deira. Ua paʻi ka lua o ka pūpū i nā keiki kāne ʻē aʻe i ko lākou holo ʻana, he kanahā anana ka mamao mai ka hahau mua ʻana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ali Abu Hassera, kahi lawaiʻa e kū kokoke ana, ua hoʻoponopono ka mea pana i kāna pahuhopu e hoʻokau iā lākou. ʻEkolu hou i make. Ua kiola ʻia lākou he ʻumi anana ke kaʻawale e ka ikaika o ka pahū. I ka wā i holo ai ʻo Abu Haseera a me kāna mau hoa hana i nā keikikāne e kōkua, ua paʻi kekahi pū, a ʻeha ʻelua o lākou.
Mohamed, 11 makahiki; Zakaria, 10; Ismail, 11; a me Ahed 10. No ka ohana al-Bakr, na hoahanau a pau. Ua make a pau.
ʻO ka ʻohana o Mohamed—ʻo kona mau kaikuahine ʻehiku, kona makuahine a me kona mau ʻanakē—noho i loko o ko lākou lumi hoʻokipa i ka lā aʻe e uwē ana. Koli kona makuahine i hope a me ka haʻalulu. "Aloha ʻo Mohamed i ke kai, aia kona honua holoʻokoʻa i ka wai" wahi a kona ʻanakē, ʻo Mona al-Bakr. He ʻohana lawaiʻa lākou. "ʻO ke kai wale nō kā mākou a make mākou i laila," wahi āna.
ʻO ka makua kāne o Mohamed, ʻo Ramez, aia i kahi moe me kahi ʻeha hope mai nā makahiki o ka hana paʻakikī i ka huki ʻana i nā ʻupena. ʻO Mohamed, ka mea nāna e kūʻai kī i ka lawaiʻa ʻē aʻe no ke kālā ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka ʻohana ʻohana. "ʻO kāna moeʻuhane ʻo ka wehe ʻana i hale kūʻai iʻa," wahi a Mona.
Ua hoʻomau ka weliweli no ka ʻohana al-Bakr i ke kakahiaka ma hope o ka pepehi ʻana i ka wā i "kikeke ai ka pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela ma luna o ka hale" o ka hale o ko lākou hoa noho i ka hola 4 am - ke kī ʻana i kahi pana pua e paipai i nā poʻe noho e haʻalele ma mua o ka hahau ʻana. Holo lākou i waho o ko lākou hale, ʻuā nā keiki a hāʻule kekahi i kekahi. ʻEkolu mau minuke ma hope mai, ua haki ʻelua mau missile i kahi ākea kokoke.
Aia kēlā pōʻino i nā wahi a pau ma Gaza. ʻO ka halemai al-Shifa nui ma Gaza City ua piha i ka poʻe ʻeha a me kā lākou mau moʻolelo. ʻOi aku ma mua o 1,800 i hōʻeha ʻia i ka hoʻouka kaua a ka ʻIseraʻela a hiki i kēia manawa.
Aia i loko o ka hale mālama koʻikoʻi ʻo Osama al-Batsh. Hoʻopili ʻia nā paipu i kona kino, a hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia. Ua ʻoki ʻia kona wāwae ʻākau, he kumu lāʻau e puka ʻino mai ana i waho o kona wahi moe. Aia ma luna o 20 pakeneka o kona kino ke kuni. Ua haʻi kona poʻo a me kona ʻāwae. Ua hōʻeha ʻia ʻo ia ma kahi hoʻouka kaua lua F-16 i kona home ʻohana ma Iune 13, kahi hoʻouka kaua i pepehi i ʻumikumamāwalu o kona mau ʻohana i kekahi o nā lā make loa i ka hoʻouka kaua kaua o ka ʻIseraʻela.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka poʻe ʻIseraʻela i ka mākaʻi o Gaza, ʻo Tayseer al-Batsh, aia nō hoʻi i ke kūlana koʻikoʻi. Ma kahi o ka hahau ʻana, ʻo nā koena wale nō o ka hale al-Batsh ʻo nā kumu paʻa e lele ana mai ka lepo. ʻO ke koena he ʻōpala. Ua kanu ʻia nā ʻohana ʻohana al-Batsh he ʻumikūmāwalu i hala. Ua kau ʻia nā poloka cinder ma ka lepo lepo ma ke poʻo a me ka wāwae o nā lua kupapaʻu e hōʻailona ai iā lākou.
"He aha kā mākou e hana ai ma hope o ka make ʻana o kēia poʻe a pau?" i nīnau ai ʻo 20 makahiki ʻo Assad al-Batsh. "Makemake mākou e lanakila i ka ʻIseraʻela, makemake mākou i ka hoʻopono." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he ʻelima o kona ʻohana i mokuāhae loa ʻia e ka pahū. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua loaʻa kahi lima me ke apo mare ma luna. "Ua kanu mākou i nā ʻāpana ʻaʻole nā kino."
Aia ka poe make a me ka poe i eha. A laila aia ma mua o 22,000 i hoʻoneʻe ʻia.
He nui ka poʻe o lākou i noho malu ma nā kula i mālama ʻia e United Nations. Ua holo aku nā tausani mai Beit Lahia ma ka ʻākau o Gaza ma kahi kokoke i ka palena me ka ʻIseraʻela ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela i nā palapala e ʻōlelo ana i nā poʻe e haʻalele. Ua aʻo aku ʻo ʻIseraʻela i nā Palestinians ma ka ʻākau, hema a me ka hikina o Gaza e haʻalele i ko lākou mau home. Aia ke kai ma ke komohana.
Ua holo ʻo Maher al-Attar me kanakolu mau lālā o kona ʻohana mai Beit Lahia. Aia lākou a pau i kēia manawa i loko o ka lumi papa hoʻokahi ma ke kula haʻahaʻa no nā keikikāne ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Gaza. ʻEhiku mau moena ma waena o lākou, moe ke koena ma ka papahele. "Ua haʻalele mākou no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ua makaʻu mākou," wahi a al-Attar. "Inā hele ʻoe ma ke alanui, make ʻoe."
Ua piha ke kula me 1,600 poʻe, e like me ka ʻōlelo a kahi limahana UN, akā ke hoʻomau nei ka poʻe i haʻalele i ke kahe. He nui ka poʻe i ʻōlelo ʻaʻole lawa ka ʻai a i ʻole ka wai ma ke kula, ua hoʻopiha ʻia lākou i loko o nā lumi liʻiliʻi i ka wela o ke kauwela.
"ʻAʻole lākou e mālama iā mākou ma ʻaneʻi," wahi a Ghalia al-Swarka, ka mea i holo i kona home ma Beit Lahia. ʻO kāna keikikāne 5 makahiki, ʻo Ahmed, ua ʻeha ʻia mai ka pōʻino mau. Luliluli ʻole ʻo ia i ka wā o ka lele ʻana. "Ke hoʻoweliweli nei lākou iā mākou i ka psychologically," wahi āna.
Ma kahi kokoke i nā Palestinians a pau e ʻōlelo lākou e kākoʻo ana i ka "kū'ē" i ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i ke kī ʻana o nā haneli haneli i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela i make ai hoʻokahi Israeli. Ke ʻōlelo nei lākou aia lākou ma lalo o ka noho ʻana, ma lalo o ka hoʻopuni ʻana.
"ʻAʻole makemake wau e hoʻōki i ke kūʻē, e hoʻomau lākou no ka mea makemake mākou i kā mākou kuleana," wahi a Riwaa al-Bassal. Ua pepehi ʻia kona kaikunāne, ʻo Mohamed, 23, ma ka moku ʻo Zeitoun e kahi hoʻouka kaua ʻIseraʻela i nā lā ma mua i kona hele ʻana ma ke alanui. "ʻAʻole pepehi ʻo ʻIseraʻela i kekahi o ke kū'ē, ʻo ka poʻe hewa ʻole a me nā keiki," wahi āna. “ʻAʻohe hauʻoli hou. ʻO ke kaumaha wale nō.
Ma ka Pōʻalima, ua hoʻi hou ke ola i Gaza i ka manawa pōkole ʻelima mau hola o ka ʻIseraʻela - ma waena o 10 am a me 3 pm. Hoʻopiha nā alanui mehameha i nā kānaka a paʻa i nā kaʻa. Ua ʻākoakoa ka lehulehu ma nā panakō a me nā ATM e hoʻāʻo a huki kālā. Kūleʻa nā mākeke me nā mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai ana i nā meaʻai a me nā lako.
Ma ka hale kūʻai ʻo Zawiya ʻo Aisha Totah, he wahine 66 makahiki, ke kūʻai aku nei i nā mango a me nā hua ʻē aʻe no kāna ʻohana ʻehiku ma ka home. Aia ʻo ia ma ka home no nā lā he ʻumi i hala iho nei o ka pana ʻana. "Ke noho nei mākou i kahi hoʻopuni i loko o kahi hoʻopuni i loko o kahi hoʻopuni," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole mākou e hāʻawi, ʻaʻole mākou e waiho i ko mākou mau lima. Pehea mākou e pale ai iā mākou iho?"
ʻO ka pau ʻana o ke ahi he hoʻomaha pōkole. He lull before the storm. I ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, hoʻomaka ka pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela e kuʻi iā Gaza mai ka lewa, ka ʻāina a me ke kai. Hoʻomālamalama nā lapalapa i nā ʻāpana ʻākau a me ka hikina o ka Strip. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻouka kaua, ʻo ka ikaika loa o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana he ʻumi lā. ʻO ka haukapila ʻo Wafaa ma ka hikina—ʻo ia ka hale o nā poʻe maʻi kīnā—ua hoʻouka nui ʻia a ua haʻalele ʻia kekahi hapa.
A laila haʻi ka nūhou. Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻIseraʻela i kahi hoʻouka kaua ʻāina. Ke hele mai nei lākou. ʻO ka manawa mua loa mai ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka makahiki 2008–09 i waiho ai ma luna o 1,300 mau mea make. Ua pau ka mana a ua komo ʻo Gaza i loko o ka pōʻeleʻele e like me ka 1.8 miliona Palestinians e mākaukau no ka hana ʻino hou aʻe.
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