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<\/p>\nI have to explain this a little to Dutch people, Ramadan.
\nRamadan lives in Bureije camp, it is one of the ‘Middle Camps’. He works in Khan Younis, which is further down south, or in Gaza City, where the headquarters of the NCCR are, the organisation for people with disabilities we both work for, up north. Normally you could drive from one point to the other in half an hour, it is only 40 kilometres. But now it takes hours, or even days, or it is impossible for weeks. When the Israeli army decides to close off Gaza is is not only impossible to leave the Strip, also Gaza is divided into three parts and people can’t go from one part to the other. The inside closures happen many times, sometimes even daily. In that case Ramadan can’t take the road to his job and drive there with his colleagues, and he has to go to the beach, and see where the tanks are, and cross the beach walking. People who have difficulty walking, older people, pregnant women, small children disabled people or people carrying heavy loads take a donkey car or a horse.
\nI have witnessed this several times, people walking along the beach, allways afraid the shooting will start again, ambulances struggling to drive through the sand.
\nRamandan has written us al letter, explaining things are getting even worse…<\/p>\n
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\nRamadan and Wa’el start the treck going home. This was a good day, there was no shooting. <\/p>\n
Dear Anja;<\/p>\n
This invasion by the Israelis to Gaza is different, never happened before
\nwhat is happening this time. North, middle and south are closed and Gaza
\nstrip is cut into three parts. You know that happened before several times,
\nbut this time is different. This is the tenth day of closure and again it
\nnever happened to be closed for ten days. Before, as you know we were using
\nhorses and donkeys to pass on the beach, this time no way to do it. The
\nIsraeli soldiers killed four horses and two donkeys, so we have to walk.
\nWalking also this time is different, we have to walk under fire, I saw with my own eyes
\neyes, a woman who was shot with her son with 800 mm bullet and was bleeding.
\n We had to hide or to lay down on the ground. We saw it, the ambulance could
\nnot reach her and the woman was bleeding, she did not pay attention to her
\ninjury, she crawled to the ambulance and tried to reach it for the sake of
\nher son. The soldiers insisted to shoot to the ambulance and you know that
\nthe Israelis made big holes in the road, so the first aid workers had to run
\nand carry the woman and her son. Finally, we had to decide and help them.
\nWe could reach the woman and the first aid workers could do it and reach the
\nson. I told you, this time was different, I did not share in the rescue but
\nI witnessed it, many people did but I could not be a hero and I do not know
\nwhat happened, I was thinking of Mohammed, Mahmoud and Dalia. They were
\nthere at the moment, so I did not want to play any heroic roles. At the
\nmoment I decided not to go to work everyday, but I still go occasionally.<\/p>\n
Yours
\nRamadan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have to explain this a little to Dutch people, Ramadan. Ramadan lives in Bureije camp, it is one of the ‘Middle Camps’. He works in Khan Younis, which is further down south, or in Gaza City, where the headquarters … Lees verder