bloodshed in gaza

Bloodshed in Gaza

I have been hearing about the bloodshed in Gaza since I was six. I didn’t care much about it, until the age of eleven. Each day hundreds of people get killed in Palestine (Gaza). Most people say that the Israelians attack Gaza; which I believe is true. Since July 2014 one child is killed each hour. But we do not care because they are not our children. Each day, at least 50 children are blind folded and are kept blind folded forever. While they cut off the hands and feet of the other children. Palestinian kids in Gaza are being killed and maimed by one of the world's largest air forces Now the question on your mind would be why they are doing this? Israel says it's attacking Gaza to stop cross-border rocket attacks into southern Israel by Hamas militants. Because launching rockets at populated areas is an act of war, Israel says its bombings are justified. Hamas is attacking Israel with rockets because Israel has enforced a devastating economic blockade against Gaza for the past year and a half. Additionally, Israel's military has controlled Gaza's borders, airspace and sea access for 41 years. Because economic blockades are an act of war, Hamas says its rocket strikes are justified. In other words, they keep blaming each other. Instead of talking about which side is at fault, let's focus for a minute on all the innocent people who are suffering. On Dec 27 and 28, Israel dropped more than 100 tons of bombs and missiles on the place. Israel insists its weapons are aimed at Hamas combatants, not civilians. Sadly, many innocent Gazan civilians have thus far failed to make the distinction between bombs intended for militants and bombs intended for them. It seems that when bombs land on the heads of Gazan civilians, they die regardless. As of New Year's Eve, the United Nations says 320 of Gaza's 1.5 million residents have been killed by Israeli airstrikes. An additional 1,400 have been injured. The U.N. claims that 62 of those killed are civilians. The U.N. also says its civilian death count includes only women and children. Either there's no such thing as a civilian man in Gaza, or the U.N. is vastly undercounting the number of civilian dead. What’s more, the wounded survivors of Israeli air-raids are being treated in hospitals that are desperately short of supplies. Israel's economic blockade of Gaza, imposed when Hamas took over Gaza in 2007, has caused severe shortages of, well, nearly everything. In November, the BBC reported that Gaza's hospitals had run out of 85 types of medicine, as well as items like cotton swabs and spare parts for X-ray machines. Overall, the blockade has stopped 75 percent of the goods that used to flow into Gaza. Just to be clear, when we're talking about imports, we're not talking flat-screen TVs and J. Crew sweaters. Gaza was disgustingly poor before the blockade. We're talking about food, fuel, cement, paper for schoolchildren, and shoes – things people need to live. Israel's offensive hasn't stopped the Hamas rocket attacks, either. That means Israelis are suffering, too. According to the Jerusalem Post, three people were killed and 21 injured when approximately 70 rockets hit several cities and settlements in southern Israel on Dec. 29.Hamas rockets are small. If they hit you, you'll die, but they can't knock down buildings. The rockets aren't especially deadly, but they're terrifying. Depending on whose estimate you believe, 300,000 to 500,000 Israelis are within range of Hamas rockets. Southern Israel's economy is hurting as consumers hunker down. A widely reprinted Associated Press story illustrates the psychological impact of the attacks by noting an increase in bed-wetting among Israeli kids. On 31 of July 2014, about ten rockets hit the market and 200 people died. God knows how many mothers would be their carrying shreds of their own children. Israel has an army of eighty six thousand men. They are now demanding sixteen thousand more men to fight against Gaza. It is said that U.S supplies the weapons to Israel t fight Gaza. Each country is protesting against the deadly crisis in Gaza, but sadly not Pakistan. Let’s all pray for Gaza, that all the bloodshed ends soon and the next Eid they celebrate; should be peaceful and cheerful. Because every Muslim has a right to celebrate an  Eid full of freedom.