© Ashraf Amra / APA imagesThe Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City has been especially hard-hit by Israel’s relentless bombing.
"All the children and elder members of our family squeeze onto these mattresses when night falls," Naeema Dalloul, mother of seven, told The Electronic Intifada on Saturday afternoon as deafening bomb explosions could be heard in the background.
Dalloul and her children normally live in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood to the west, but when Israel began its intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, she moved to her parents' home in al-Zaytoun.
"When the air strikes began on Wednesday I was on the phone with my husband, who is now traveling. I was concerned about my seven children, so I moved here to stay with them," Dalloul said. "But as you see the attacks are widespread and no one seems safe."
In fact, the al-Zaytoun neighborhood has been one of the most heavily bombed areas.
Medical sources and human rights organizations said the death toll in the current Israeli assault had reached approximately 40 by Saturday afternoon, with at least seven children among the dead. Hundreds more are reported injured.
On Saturday, at least one person was killed and seven injured in attacks on al-Zaytoun.
Comment: Obama "warned that escalating the offensive with Israeli ground troops could undermine any hope of a peace process with the Palestinians."
Mr. Obama, to what peace process are you referring to (Security Council resolutions, Arab-Israeli Accords, road-map to peace, Geneva Peace conference)? The list is long, as are the years of U.S. lies and bowing to Israeli aggression(s) toward her neighbors. Also, how is Israel defending itself, if they are in fact "escalating the offensive"? It's 'cause Israel has been on the offensive since the mid-1940s!