In texts, voice notes and phone calls, Gazans described the agony of trying to figure out where to seek shelter in the midst of Israel’s relentless airstrikes.
Israeli bombardments have decimated large parts of Gaza, displacing around a million people and leaving many with impossible decisions: to stay and risk death, or leave everything they’ve ever known behind with little assurance they will find safety.The narrow, densely populated enclave, which is controlled by the militant group Hamas, is under Israeli siege; power, food and water is running low.
There are people sleeping on the ground, between corridors and roads, in the garden and under the stairwell . Anywhere they can rest.You get someone injured and he would be the only survivor from the entire family. Or you treat a child that’s been under rubble for more than 40 hours.at an UNRWA school and there’s no internet, so we can only speak when she has access to a phone line. Four days ago, she told me that they put the women in one room and the men outside in a courtyard.
We passed ambulances and stretchers along our walk. I saw Civil Defense forces collecting pieces of a woman’s body. My youngest son, Karam, was so horrified by the wreckage of the bombs that I had to carry him the rest of the way. After four attempts, I found my family a place to rest with my sister on the north side of Gaza City. We are safe, but everyone is unwell. My children’s complexions have turned yellow. We’ve stopped bathing to conserve water. And we only eat one meal a day — sandwiches, as long as our supplies last.Wafa Ulliyan, who lives in Toronto, has dozens of relatives in Gaza. She has been communicating with them when possible.
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