I couldn’t keep it on charge because power-cuts lasted over 16 hours a day.įor over a week, more than 2 million people in the Gaza Strip were subjected to relentless, devastating bombing from sea, land and air. I then hurried back to my work, before the laptop battery ran out again. I rushed to switch on the TV, to check the news to learn what is going on around me. Each time, I instinctively jerked my body, scared that my windows will shatter, showering me in jagged glass shards. It was hard to concentrate when explosions kept shaking my house like an earthquake had struck. The roar of planes overhead didn’t stop for a second and I was afraid. Just days ago I was sitting on the floor of my home in the Gaza Strip, trying to work. I still can’t believe that I’m still alive. Bodour Abu-kuwaik works for Islamic Relief PalestineĪ ceasefire came into force in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Friday morning, thanks to Allah.
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