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Abstract
The 2008 Israeli offensive in Gaza was described by Amnesty international as '22 days of death and destruction'. This eyewitness account brings home the horror of life in Gaza beneath the bombs.
Travelling to the Gaza strip with the Free Gaza Movement, Sharyn Lock believed the greatest danger she faced was the Israeli sea blockade in a fishing boat, but on the 27th December the bombs started falling and did not stop until almost 1500 were dead. With others from the International Solidarity Movement, Sharyn volunteered with Palestinian ambulances, assisting them as they faced overwhelming civilian casualties. Her candid and dramatic writing from Gaza gave the world an insight into the conflict that the mainstream media - unable to enter Gaza - couldn't provide.
'This is an honest, forthright account full of compassion and insight; it plunges the reader into Gaza as it suffers the Israeli onslaught'
Jeremy Hardy
'Moving and understated ... Sharyn Lock manages to humanise the inhuman'
Richard Falk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine and Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Acknowledgements | vi | ||
| Introduction by Sarah Irving | vii | ||
| Map | xii | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| 1. DECEMBER 14, 2004–NOVEMBER 18, 2008: Breaking the Siege | 1 | ||
| 2. DECEMBER 3–DECEMBER 26, 2008: Escalating Violence | 22 | ||
| 3. DECEMBER 27, 2008–JANUARY 4, 2009: The Sky Falls In | 37 | ||
| 4. JANUARY 5–JANUARY 16, 2009: No Safe Place | 68 | ||
| 5. JANUARY 17–FEBRUARY 2, 2009: Aftermath | 106 | ||
| 6. FEBRUARY 3–MARCH 19, 2009: Farming Under Fire | 147 | ||
| 7. MARCH 23–APRIL 20, 2009: ‘Badri!’ | 189 | ||
| Afterword by Richard Falk | 211 | ||
| Notes | 217 | ||
| Further Information | 220 | ||
| Index | 221 |