Connecting Gaza 'a global network of compassionate individuals united by one urgent goal: supporting Palestinian families in Gaza as they endure genocide'
Photojournalist Rizek Abdel Jawad was trying to buy a tent in his hometown of Gaza City shortly before he was forced to flee due to the ongoing Israeli ground invasion, when he heard the sound of bombs from Israeli planes.
Terrified, he went to the place where the bombing had occurred, finding that an Israeli missile had destroyed the local Bank of Palestine near a busy marketplace.
His video footage from the scene, posted on social media, shows at least one building reduced to ruins, and neighbouring structures badly damaged. A representative of the Bank of Palestine confirmed in a message to the NB Media Co-op that its main branch had been destroyed.
Jawad is one of the Palestinians in Gaza who is in regular contact with a network of volunteers called Connecting Gaza, including people here in New Brunswick. Lately, he’s been sharing his photos, videos, and reflections with the NB Media Co-op amid the daily struggle to survive.
Outside the ruins of the bank, men and young boys can be seen leaving the area, their arms filled with construction debris.
Jawad explained: “Many houses are bombed by Israeli aircraft. Sometimes the Israeli army contacts the owner of the house and asks them to leave within 10 minutes. Therefore, the owner of the house or apartment cannot bring anything from the house during this time. After the bombing and the destruction of the houses, the owners go to get what they can.”
That includes debris for firewood to cook food. “The price of a kilo of wood in the Gaza Strip today has reached three dollars per kilogram,” he said in the Sept. 25 message.
It’s part of the daily misery experienced by those at the brunt of Israel’s assault. The Gaza Strip is now “uninhabitable,” Jawad said. (more...)
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