In Khan Younis a family of 26 people including children age 2- 17 years of age,live in the basement of a house, since the Israelis incursion into the area three days ago.My friend, one of the sons in the house is expecting his first child to be born, in about three months. He got married last summer, it was a big wedding and mostly happy time, despite the Israeli siege and frequent assaults on Gaza, the new married and happy could not believe the future would be so terrible.
Bombs are blasting, hitting their targets and heavy machine gun fire can be heard not far away from the house. This winter is unusually cold in Gaza.The windows in the basement room is open the new married have searched shelter as a safety, if closed the force and the heat from the bombings will break them.My friend who called me today, for advise regarding what is believed to be labor- pain, very early contractions of cervix, they are both very worried they will lose their first child.
