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I was asked by Paul Belford at This is Real Art if I’d like to travel to for the Hoping Foundation and the UN. Having spent several days trying to get in from Egypt earlier in the year without luck I jumped at the chance. What I found was quite shocking on two counts. The place had been quite devastated by the Israeli assault earlier that year and the economy was next to non-existent. About 90% of the population is dependent on the UN for their survival. Many of the people I spoke to seemed to have lost all hope.
Buildings destroyed by the Israeli's in their Gaza offensive of January, 2009
Mire land wedding hall For reservation you can contact no 2871313 8700250. Destroyed by the Israeli's in therir Gaza offensive of January, 2009
The family of Jamil Mohamad Tulba. 1. They are 11 family members, 3 daughters, 5 sons, he and his wife and his -63 years -sister. They live in very bad conditions, in very tiny house in the beach camp. The age of his shelter is 60 years; it had been built by UNRWA in 1950, two years after the Arab-Israeli war in 1948, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forced to leave their houses. The shelter consists of two small rooms where 6 of the kids with their aunt sleep in one room, while the other room is for the parents and the rest of the kids. The wife is Mona Al ashwah, 38 years old.
Two of the children of the Jamil Mohamad Tulba family in the kitchen of their dilapidated home. The house is 60 years old and was built by UNRWA in 1950, two years after the Arab-Israeli war in 1948. Gaza City
Children playing in the home of the Jamil Mohamad Tulba family. Gaza City.
Navel buildings destroyed by the Israeli's in therir Gaza offensive of January, 2009
Buildings destroyed by the Israeli's in therir Gaza offensive of January, 2009. The writing indicates that this is the place to wash before prayers.
Navel buildings destroyed by the Israeli's in therir Gaza offensive of January, 2009
Navel buildings destroyed by the Israeli's in their Gaza offensive of January, 2009. The graffiti says: Al-Aqsa brigades Palestine Target words are: the cursed Ismail Haniya Samih Al-Madhoun’s spirits
A young boy aged 16 working on the tunnels. It is hot work in cramped and unsafe conditions. As I left the tunnels I was called over to anther entrance where the emergency services were digging out a young man from a tunnel that had just collapsed. He died that night in hosiptal from his injuries. He was married with two children. Rafah, Gaza.
The remains of the police headquarter in Gaza City.
The remains of a government building, Gaza City.
The remains of homes destroyed in the offensive, Rafah, Gaza.
Buildings destroyed by the Israeli's in therir Gaza offensive of January, 2009
