Jennifer Loewenstein: Gazan Holocaust

At Counterpunch today 'The Day the Earth and Sky Traded Places" Gazan Holocaust [Excerpt] "Around 10:30pm on the night of February 28, M and his wife S spoke in low tones in a dark room dimly lit by a battery-operated lamp. They were trying to decide if it was still safe to send their children to school and decided in favor because the elementary school building is in a safer part of the city near a number of international offices. The electricity in the building had been out 10 hours by then and the couple pulled blankets around them to keep warm in the damp winter air. They live on the 6th floor of Shifa Tower, an 11-story apartment building housing more than a hundred families. ..." Read more from Jennifer here