I would like to share this heart touching narration published in Counter Punch by a practising psychologist living in the Gaza City, he has shared his family’s panic stricken reaction as the Israeli fighter jet took target practice around his neighbourbhood killing over 250 people and leaving a trail of over 700 dead
An Earthquake on top of you Head – The Bombing of Gaza by Dr. Eyad Al Serraj
The bombing went on for about 10 minutes. It was like an earthquake on top of your head. The windows were shaking and squeaking. My 10-year-old was terrified, he was jumping from one place to another trying to hide. I held him tight to my chest and tried to give him some security and reassure him. My 12-year-old was panicking and began laughing hysterically, it’s not normal. I held her hand and calmed her and told her she would be safe. My wife was panicking. She was running around the apartment looking for somewhere to hide.
We live on the ground floor so we headed to the basement.
Not very far from our home is the headquarters of the police and there was a massive bomb. The chief of police was killed. Two streets away there was another bomb and more people were killed. The office of the president is about one kilometre from our house and it was also bombed.
We went downstairs to the basement and tried to hide ourselves from the shelling. The child of one of our relatives, who lives in our building, finally came home from school. We hadn’t been able to find her. All the phone connections were jammed. She came home and she was in a very serious state of shock. She was pale and trembling and she was describing dead bodies in the streets. On her way home she passed Hamas people in uniform and they were dead.
I had been very apprehensive when I woke up this morning. I had some bread, some cheese and a glass of tea. Like all the people in Gaza I felt that something was going on and something very serious. When Israel allowed the delivery of food and fuel [when it ended the blockade of Gaza yesterday] I said to myself and my friends that Israel is really planning a massive strike. They don’t want to be blamed for starving the people.
I was sitting in the living room with my family trying to figure out what to do today for lunch, it’s our main meal. What to cook and how to cook, whether we have enough to eat. There was no rice so I wanted to have lentil soup and my wife said “No, there’s no lentils in the market.” I said “What else can we do?” She said “I bought some cans of food.” We were discussing this when suddenly the whole thing erupted. Suddenly there was a big explosion.
Right now I feel very anxious about what’s going to happen. I’m worried about how many more people are going to die.
Dr Eyad Al Serraj is a practising psychologist in Gaza City.
Comments
64 responses to “An Earthquake On Top of Your Head – The Bombing of Gaza”
@ what we have to do is to consolidate
public opinion with straight forward
stand to be taken against all the negative
evil forces against muslim entity around the
world, at the same time cleaning our house !
Teetho, I think you have overmoderated on this one. Let me tell you some thing, there is no language I can use that is worse than coming on the board for propaganda of condoning, finding excuses or in any way be party to genocide, killing of innocent human beings. The same action if it results because of ignorance has the same affect for me. The liers who do not have facts on their side do cry, entertain them and you suppress what they wanted to. I will reconsider….
With all due respect to others on the board, yes indeed Muslims are victim of great injustice and are getting a raw deal BUT I have a great deal of problem in wishing for a government based on religion. Dont forget, the people who have tormented the Palestinians and committed crimes against humanity againt them, claim that God promised them the land and that they are Gods chosen people. GWB claimed that his God TOLD him to invade Iraq, and we now whats the result of that…Perhaps lets agree that we want a JUST system and if that happens to be run by believers fine but more that that!
Will it make any difference if each and every Muslim in Gaza – including women, children and elderly – are slaughtered by the Israeli forces in connivance with the Palestinian Authority, Cairo and none other than Riyadh and Tehran? In the long run, NO!
The people of Gaza should be punished for supporting Hamas and for not compromising on their faith, honour and dignity. The ‘practical approach’ of the rulers of the Muslim states will let us live for a few more years… may be more. A few protests by the ‘Islamic’ parties will be enough to vent our anger. Then it would be business as usual. We will continue to sit like idle ducks till it’s our turn to become the prey.
Let’s call each other kafirs; let’s blame jews and indians for all the woes we are faced with today; let’s continue to vote for the plunderers of our nation; let’s keep trying to earn and live better; let’s give a damn about the whole world and focus on what we could do for ourselves, our families, our children, our careers, our businesses; let’s believe that the only thing required of us by Allah is to do ‘tableegh’ and when everyone in this world will become a Muslim and will start offering prayers then there would be no more evil; let’s continue to work for the ‘Islamic’ parties that will one day win if a ‘free and fair’ election is held; let’s continue with our lives and wait for Jesus to return and bring peace back to this world!!
Good night!
Have sweet dreams…
… and let Gaza burn to ashes!!!
i think the sole purpose behind the creation of Israel was to get an area of land in order to save the endangered specie of jews….
i wish to see another hitler……….
Assalam o alaikum,
muslims fighting for Palestine against Israel have requested all the muslims to recite Sura Al-Fatah(chapter 48) of Holy Quran tonight and ask Allah (swt) for His help and victory in the ongoing war.
JazakAllah Khair
US and European people pay tax and their governments give it to Israel to kill women and innocent children. Hamas was selected with Palestine nation vote. Why Israel surrounds Gaza and don’t let food and drug to wounded persons? Isn’t Israel a occupier??
I think Democracy and Human right is a big lie in West.
@Hossein,
yes, US and European people are coward and
racist, and religious fanatics crusaders arsholes.
we are volunteerily condemning our religious elements,
whereas US, EU and Israeli are preserving their
religious fanatics and extremists.
Yes, they never want anyother to adopt their kind of
Democracy and Human rights, which in our eyes is a lie.
@KarimG,
for the last 61 years Palestinians have tried
every ideology, Palestinians tried as
Hijackers
baathist, seculars
Leninist/socialists,
agnostics
Humanists etc etc etc etc . you name it !!
ALL FAILED !!!!
But the only thing Zionist Israel is
afraid is, Islam !!
the whole arab world knows that !
even in Pakistan they know it !
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Barristers are corrupted society of the Earth which is unable to provide justice and their sounds like traitor
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TO graham ,oogle,and all the jews of Terriorist Israel!
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IF YOU ARE AROUND!
IF YOU ARE NOT BLIND!
IF YOU ARE NOT PARALYZED TO OPEN IT!
IF YOU ARE NOT DRUNK!
IF YOU ARE NOT BUSY IN DANCING ON DEATHS OF MUSLIMS!
IF YOU ARE NOT BUSY IN PRAYING TO ALLAH TO SAVE YOU FROM HAMAS!!!!!!!!!!!
MAY ALLAH(SWT)’S WRATH BE ON YOU AND THOSE WHO ARE WITH YOU.AMEN!SUM AMEN!
THE DAY WILL COME INSHALLAH,WHEN WE MUSLIMS WILL ENJOY THE SHOW,IF NOT IN THIS WORLD THEN IN THE WORLD HEREAFTER INSHALLAH WHEN ALL OF YOU WILL BURN IN HELL-FIRE.
AND TO LESSEN YOUR HAPPINESS!
MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS AND THOSE IN THE REST OF THE WORLD WHO ARE DYING BECAUSE OF YOU AND USOFA ARE ALL “SHAHEED”,THE BEST DEATH THAT EVERY MUSLIM WISHES FOR!.THEY ARE ALIVE ENJOYING THEMSELVES IN THE PARADISE, OUT OF THIS DIRTY WORLD!
ENJOY YOUR LIVES HERE YOU ANTI-MUSLIMS HELL-FIRE IS WAITING FOR ALL OF YOU!
Asalamuwalekum,
Here every body is talking some thing people have done so much research on this conflict, but, at the time when British sell Israel a piece of land why we Muslims not fight? why we are fighting now? every one is talking about Israel training Indians and India is oppressing Muslims in Kashmir and Kashmiri Muslims want a separate country now the place occupied by Pakistan where is it in the world map? why don’t you think that how Palestinians fighting for their land said to be Indians are fighting since Muslims are not originated from there if you take it for religious reason also Kashmir is very important for Hindus the main thing we Muslims needs to check is our “Aamaal” actually we are no more Muslims!!! Huzoor(SWS) use to take care of other religion people also but we are not today!!! ‘Love your Neighbor like you’ it is in the Quran and Bible and other religion that is missing to day we need think and start doing all sunnahs of SWS other wise we can not become Muslim. One is not a Muslim just because he/she born to Muslim father and mother he/she will become because of Aamaal – Alama Iqbal said ‘theri dariyaan me thufaan nahin hain, thera thujee mein muslmaan nahi hain…’ so please stop talking Idiot things and think what can one do for Palestinians and for humanity pray to Allah there mosques all felling down because of bombs Quran is scattering Astagfirullah Let all Muslims unite together and boycott america on every aspect then you will see the difference!!!
The time,
to speak is gone,
now the time is to take an action to save the body of muslims.everyone in this world care about itself,about how many times we have to say that it is wrong and wrong and wrong,why we not do something against israel,like avoide to purchase its products is it dfficult? is it difficult? no then why we can not do this,pleaz do it now.