from Mondoweiss
On Sunday, April 14, the morning light saw thousands of families leaving southern Gaza and flooding the central Gaza Strip, moving through the areas of Deir al-Balah and the Nuseirat refugee camp with the intention of making their way further north. They were going home.
On their backs they carried what remained of their belongings, moving in several waves along Gaza’s coastal road. In the middle of the street standing among the crowd is a young man, Muhammad Sakher, 21. He screams on camera, shouting about how he has been suffocated by displacement and war, and how all that he wants is to go back to his home in northern Gaza.
“Is there anyone who can feel us? Can anyone have mercy on us and help us?” he tells Mondoweiss with indignation. “We just want to go back to our homes. We are civilians, we have nothing to do with the fighting.”
The crowds around him move on, making the slow march with a mix of trepidation and hopefulness. But just before they begin to approach the Israeli checkpoint on al-Rashid Street in western Gaza, the bullets start to fly, followed by tank shells and bombs dropped by drones...
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ReplyDeleteEven mahmood od fell for that one as it happened!
He's way too diplomatic, too naive despite his past & circumstances, far too starry-eyed and complacent, always giving them the benefit of the doubt.
Right before somebody takes it in the neck, either civilian or military---just like dear leader.
I INSTANTLY had visions of a smaller scale replay of the non-stop kill-o-rama carried out on the SURRENDERED Iraqi military column in the last hours of gulf war I 1991.
I saw pics and stories of this within 3-6 months after they took Mariopol, and the rebuild was already astounding then!
31 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYEBVGj51nk
MARIUPOL: PHOENIX, RISING FROM THE ASHES | Documentary
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