Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Targeting a cup of tea in Gaza


Jihad Abu Jbarah in front of the wood stove his family were sitting around when they were killed by Israeli-fired missiles. (Rami Almeghari)

Rami Almeghari writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 12 January 2009

"Only a tea cup, a broken chair and some spots of blood were left where a short time before five members of the the Abu Jbarah family had been sitting in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

"It was 10pm on Monday, 4 January when my father and four brothers were sitting in the yard of this house," said Ali, 27, son of Jihad Abu Jbarah who was killed along with two other sons. "They were burning a wood fire to warm up and make tea. This is the cup my father was drinking tea from."....."

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