The IMEU presents a collection of testimonies from Palestinians on the ground in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank during the escalating crisis in the Palestinian Territories following the launch of Israel's ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip.


What it must be like in hell
Omar Batniji, Gaza City
Jan 16, 2009

Our family all live in homes close to each other in the middle of my hometown, Gaza City. For weeks on end now, we have had no working utilities, no gas, no water, and no electricity. Read more.

'Nowhere in Gaza is safe anymore'
Mohamed Rujailah, Jabaliya
Jan 14, 2009

Um-Said told me that she had been terrified that the Israelis would demolish her home and convinced her entire extended family to take refuge in the United Nations school here. But since Israel attacked a UN school housing civilians on Jan 6, Palestinians have begun to feel that nowhere in Gaza is safe anymore. Read more.

'My life stopped'
Maha Mehanna, Gaza City
Jan 13, 2009

As the war in Gaza, where I live, enters its third week, the death toll of civilians continues to rise. There is nowhere safe in the Gaza Strip - everyone here is terrorized and traumatized from the never-ending bombardments. Read more.


Personal accounts from Gaza from the international media
Jan 11, 2009

The IMEU presents a collection of excerpts from personal accounts given by Palestinians on the continuing crisis in the Gaza Strip from the international media. Read more.

As the troops enter, we fear the worst
Eyad El-Sarraj, Gaza City
Jan 3, 2009

The founder of the Gaza Community Mental Program recounts the terror that a week of constant Israeli bombardment has had on ordinary people in the Gaza Strip, and expresses fear over the results of Israel's recently-launched ground invasion. Read more.


Israeli strikes spread chaos, desperation
Haneen, Gaza City
Dec 27, 2008

A Palestinian living in the Gaza Strip describes the chaos and terror that ensued following the first day of widespread Israeli air strikes across the densely-populated territory. Read more.