Gazans Carry On During Latest Nazi Assault
Gazans Carry On During Latest Israeli Assault
KHALED EL-HESSY
The writer’s grandmother, who fled from Ukraine and fears for her life in Gaza, hangs onto the author. (COURTESY KHALED EL-HESSY).
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, June/July 2023, pp. 35, 41
Voices from Gaza
By Khaled El-Hessy
I EMAILED MY FRIEND, Samar, who lives in the United States, telling her everything is fine in Gaza. One hour later, things turned upside down as Israel launched surprise airstrikes across Gaza.
My grandmother fled from Ukraine to Gaza and wants me to stay next to her all the time because she doesn’t want to die alone. She asked me, “Khaled, aren’t you afraid of a new war?” I told her that I wasn’t, “We Gazans have lived through so many wars that war h...










