This year is supposed to mark 15 years since Israel imposed its devastating blockade on Gaza.
It’s been 15 years of systematic collective punishment, with entire generations growing up in Gaza virtually isolated from the outside world, with no idea about what life was like before the siege.
We were most recently reminded of this reality, that we have no escape, no way out, when Israel launched Operation Breaking Dawn on August 5. For three days, we were bombarded with airstrikes, as all the border crossings in and out of Gaza were completely shut off.
Forty-nine people were killed, including 17 children. Just as quickly as the operation started, it ended, and we were expected to go back to our normal lives.
For young people in Gaza like myself, who can remember what life was like “before,” we remember a time when most of our fathers and older brothers had stable jobs to offer their
— source mondoweiss.net | Tareq S. Hajjaj | Sep 10, 2022