[Note: thank you for the 1000+ Palestinian and Western Asian Christians who signed the statement (in Arabic):
https://docs.google.com/forms/
80 days on the genocide in numbers (a world record in conflict) and just five victim stories so that you see we are not mere numbers and five inspirung stories.
In 80 days!
1,745 massacres
28,000 martyrs and missing persons. (1.2% of Gazan population)
20,674 martyrs who arrived in hospitals (issued death certificates).
8,500 child martyrs and 6,300 female martyrs.
54,536 injured (2.4% of Gaza population) most can’t be treated
311 martyrs of medical staff; 40 Civil Defense first responders.
103 martyred journalists,
Over 5000 kidnapped by Israel: including101 health-care workers, 9 journalists, over 40 professors.
Essentially all 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip displaced from their homes and being starved
475,000 infected with infectious diseases as a result of displacement and lack of clean water/sanitation
58,000 Tonnes of high explosives used (equivalent to two nuclear bombs)
65,000 housing units were completely destroyed by the occupation.
26 government headquarters destroyed by the occupation.
92 schools and universities were completely destroyed by the occupation.
285 schools and universities were partially destroyed by the occupation.
115 mosques completely destroyed, 200 mosques partially destroyed by the occupation.
3 Churches targeted and destroyed by the occupation.
290,000 housing units partially destroyed by the occupation.
27 of 35 hospitals taken out of service by the out of service and the 8 remaining have run out of most medical supplies and thus essentially offer only first aid
53 other health centers that the occupation took out of service and 140 health institutions damaged
102 Ambulances completely destroyed by the occupation.
[Killed and injured now 3.6% of population proportionally equivalent to 12.6 million US citizens! And 230 cargo planes and 20 ships loaded with weapons delivered to Israel from the USA in those same 80 days (Yediot Aharonot)]
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Five VICTIM STORIES to illustrate that victims are not just numbers. They are people like you and me each with a story and a face and a heart.
1) Nabila Nofel was six days old when she was killed in her home with many members of her family. She is one of dozens of babies whose death certificate was issued before her birth certificate and one of hundreds of babies killed
Reddit – Dive into anything
2) Khaled Nabheen- a video of him hugging his murdered granddaughter whom he used to call “Rouh Rouhi” (Soul of my Soul):
Khalid and Reem, ‘the Soul of My Soul’ – Radiance News
Khaled’s message to the world:
A Message to the World – Khaled Nabhan (The Soul of My Soul)
Khaled helps injured in hospital after losing his grandchildren:
‘Soul of my soul’ Palestinian grandfather helps injured people in hospital
3) Wael Adahdouh learned of his family’s killing while reporting on the bombing live in Gaza:
To kill a family: The loss of Wael Dahdouh’s family to an Israeli bomb
Despite tragedy, Gaza journalist Wael al-Dahdouh remains onscreen
Wael and his cameraman were injured while reporting on the targeting of a UN school. His camera man (Samer Abu Daqqa) stayed bleeding on the ground for hours and died:
Al-Jazeera cameraperson Samer Abu Daqqa killed, correspondent Wael Al Dahdouh injured in drone attack in Khan Yunis – Committee to Protect Journalists
Here is a message from the son of the Camera man
Reposted from @aljazeera
from December 16, 2023 ““We will meet in paradise, God willing.” Zain Abu Daqqa, son of the martyred journalist Samer Abu Daqqa, sends a message to his father.“ بنشوفك في الجنة إن شاء الله” زين ابو دقة، ابن الصحفي الشهيد
3) Israeli sniper kills two Palestinian christian women: mother and daughter Nahida and Samar
https://www.independent.co.uk/
Israel army kills 2 Christian women in ‘cold blood’ at Gaza church compound
Israeli sniper ‘shot in cold blood’ mother and daughter in Gaza church
Grim Christians for Palestinians in Gaza
4) Refaat Alareer: Palestinian Poet, Teacher, and Martyr. Founder of the writer’s collective, ‘We Are Not Numbers’, a group of journalists and students that tell stories of Gaza
https://www.commondreams.org/
https://www.commondreams.org/
On Palestine, Poetry, and Remembrance
5) Female Gazan karate champion loses leg in Israeli strike: Palestinian Nagham Abu Samra defied social norms. She will remain a champion.
Female Gazan karate champion loses leg in Israeli strike
https://tedinarabic.ted.com/
Female Palestinian karate player Nagham Abu Samra, who is 24, has suffered serious injuries, including the loss of a limb, during Israeli bombardment of #Gaza. (her father speaks about her need for better medical care not available in Gaza)
And FIVE UPLIFTING STORIES (from hundreds of thousands)
1) Ahmed Alghariz, Karim Azzam and the Camp Breakers Dance: The Camp Breakerz Crew were teaching and performing in Gaza – only to get trapped by the fighting. Since then they have continued to entertain children who have been displaced by airstrikes
‘We give them hope and happiness for a while’: breakdancers perform for children in war-torn Gaza
Made in Gaza , Camps Breakerz Crew 2013 ( Official video )
2) An Egyptian teenager makes (or discovers?) a hole in the wall and delivers 1000 loaves of bread to starving in Rafah. #السعودية #قطر #عمان #البحرين #العراق #الكويت #الجزائر #المغرب #تونس #اسمي_محمد #مصر #العراق #الامارات #الاردن #سوريا #لبنان #الاسلام #فلسطين #القدس #المسجد_الأقصى #رسول_الله #النبي_محمد #القرآن #اليمن #مسقط #آيات #مهتدون #غزة | وما أرسلناك إلا رحمة
3) two nuns, twin sisters remain in Gaza to help those in need
Two Nuns (Also Twin Sisters) Remain in Gaza to Help Victims in Need – Their Inspiring Story
4) Raeq Hajjaj: This could be my last report from Gaza
This could be my last report from Gaza
5) Yazan Fardous, 13 year old volunteer in Gaza
https://www.theaustralian.com.
I end with two girls telling their stories because I wanted to include her but she fits both categories above (sadness and resilience/strength/sumud):
Video
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يہـسـࢪۍ الإمارات. تركيا | yu_os_r3 · Original audio
As reverend Munther Isaac said: We Palestinians will get through this. Will those who are silent now around the world or abetting the genocide live through it? see his Bethlehem Church service on Christmas Eve here: Bethlehem Pastor Rev Munther Isaac criticises Western hypocrisy and Church complicity in Gaza crisis
I am confident that we will get through this test and as in the civil rights movement we say: We shall overcome someday. We just hope more join us and make the day come sooner than later. Be part of this struggle.
Stay Human and keep Palestine alive
Mazin Qumsiyeh
A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home
Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director
Palestine Museum of Natural History
Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability
Bethlehem University
Occupied Palestine
Sharing the Land of Canaan – Home
Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability
facebook pages
Personal Log into Facebook
Institute Log into Facebook
102 Ambulances completely destroyed by the occupation.
[Killed and injured now 3.6% of population proportionally equivalent to 12.6 million US citizens! And 230 cargo planes and 20 ships loaded with weapons delivered to Israel from the USA in those same 80 days (Yediot Aharonot)]
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Five VICTIM STORIES to illustrate that victims are not just numbers. They are people like you and me each with a story and a face and a heart.
1) Nabila Nofel was six days old when she was killed in her home with many members of her family. She is one of dozens of babies whose death certificate was issued before her birth certificate and one of hundreds of babies killed
Reddit – Dive into anything
2) Khaled Nabheen- a video of him hugging his murdered granddaughter whom he used to call “Rouh Rouhi” (Soul of my Soul):
Khalid and Reem, ‘the Soul of My Soul’ – Radiance News
Khaled’s message to the world:
A Message to the World – Khaled Nabhan (The Soul of My Soul)
Khaled helps injured in hospital after losing his grandchildren:
‘Soul of my soul’ Palestinian grandfather helps injured people in hospital
3) Wael Adahdouh learned of his family’s killing while reporting on the bombing live in Gaza:
To kill a family: The loss of Wael Dahdouh’s family to an Israeli bomb
Despite tragedy, Gaza journalist Wael al-Dahdouh remains onscreen
Wael and his cameraman were injured while reporting on the targeting of a UN school. His camera man (Samer Abu Daqqa) stayed bleeding on the ground for hours and died:
Al-Jazeera cameraperson Samer Abu Daqqa killed, correspondent Wael Al Dahdouh injured in drone attack in Khan Yunis – Committee to Protect Journalists
Here is a message from the son of the Camera man
Reposted from @aljazeera
from December 16, 2023 ““We will meet in paradise, God willing.” Zain Abu Daqqa, son of the martyred journalist Samer Abu Daqqa, sends a message to his father.“ بنشوفك في الجنة إن شاء الله” زين ابو دقة، ابن الصحفي الشهيد3) Israeli sniper kills two Palestinian christian women: mother and daughter Nahida and Samar
https://www.independent.co.uk/
Israel army kills 2 Christian women in ‘cold blood’ at Gaza church compound
Israeli sniper ‘shot in cold blood’ mother and daughter in Gaza church
Grim Christians for Palestinians in Gaza
4) Refaat Alareer: Palestinian Poet, Teacher, and Martyr. Founder of the writer’s collective, ‘We Are Not Numbers’, a group of journalists and students that tell stories of Gaza
https://www.commondreams.org/
https://www.commondreams.org/
On Palestine, Poetry, and Remembrance
5) Female Gazan karate champion loses leg in Israeli strike: Palestinian Nagham Abu Samra defied social norms. She will remain a champion.
Female Gazan karate champion loses leg in Israeli strike
https://tedinarabic.ted.com/
Female Palestinian karate player Nagham Abu Samra, who is 24, has suffered serious injuries, including the loss of a limb, during Israeli bombardment of #Gaza. (her father speaks about her need for better medical care not available in Gaza)
And FIVE UPLIFTING STORIES (from hundreds of thousands)
1) Ahmed Alghariz, Karim Azzam and the Camp Breakers Dance: The Camp Breakerz Crew were teaching and performing in Gaza – only to get trapped by the fighting. Since then they have continued to entertain children who have been displaced by airstrikes
‘We give them hope and happiness for a while’: breakdancers perform for children in war-torn Gaza
Made in Gaza , Camps Breakerz Crew 2013 ( Official video )
2) An Egyptian teenager makes (or discovers?) a hole in the wall and delivers 1000 loaves of bread to starving in Rafah. #السعودية #قطر #عمان #البحرين #العراق #الكويت #الجزائر #المغرب #تونس #اسمي_محمد #مصر #العراق #الامارات #الاردن #سوريا #لبنان #الاسلام #فلسطين #القدس #المسجد_الأقصى #رسول_الله #النبي_محمد #القرآن #اليمن #مسقط #آيات #مهتدون #غزة | وما أرسلناك إلا رحمة
3) two nuns, twin sisters remain in Gaza to help those in need
Two Nuns (Also Twin Sisters) Remain in Gaza to Help Victims in Need – Their Inspiring Story
4) Raeq Hajjaj: This could be my last report from Gaza
This could be my last report from Gaza
5) Yazan Fardous, 13 year old volunteer in Gaza
https://www.theaustralian.com.
I end with two girls telling their stories because I wanted to include her but she fits both categories above (sadness and resilience/strength/sumud):
Video
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يہـسـࢪۍ الإمارات. تركيا | yu_os_r3 · Original audioAs reverend Munther Isaac said: We Palestinians will get through this. Will those who are silent now around the world or abetting the genocide live through it? see his Bethlehem Church service on Christmas Eve here: Bethlehem Pastor Rev Munther Isaac criticises Western hypocrisy and Church complicity in Gaza crisis
I am confident that we will get through this test and as in the civil rights movement we say: We shall overcome someday. We just hope more join us and make the day come sooner than later. Be part of this struggle.
Stay Human and keep Palestine alive
Mazin Qumsiyeh
A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home
Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director
Palestine Museum of Natural History
Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability
Bethlehem University
Occupied Palestine
Sharing the Land of Canaan – Home
Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability
facebook pages
Personal Log into Facebook
Institute Log into Facebook
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