'For Palestine, I still dream of freedom,' Tala Herzallah said.
"For Palestine, I still dream of freedom," Tala Herzallah said.Courtesy of Tala Imad HerzallahTala Imad Herzallah remembers every bombardment she has witnessed in her 21-year-old life in Gaza.
"No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home," Israeli Energy Minister Katz said on Thursday. Electricity is only available for one hour a day, according to Herzallah, and her family is one of just a few that can still access the internet. And when it comes, it’s barely enough to charge phones to keep in touch with friends and family members.
Herzallah’s mother, a school teacher, instructed her daughter to prepare emergency bags at the beginning of the siege last weekend. They are lined directly next to the door. Herzallah said her dreams were destroyed like her university, where she was studying English literature and translation. But she still has hopes for her education and work."There was a bomb, 160 yards from my house," she said. "My neighbor was right there, getting food from the market. There were no warnings and he died on the spot." The neighbor was 25 years old, she said.
At least 423,000 people are now displaced in the Gaza Strip alone, according to United Nations Relief and Works Agency, a situation already unmanageable for humanitarian agencies."Even if we had a chance with the corridor, we wouldn’t leave our land," she said. "I haven’t even talked about it with my parents because it’s not up for discussion."
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