My friend Rajaa lost two of her sons in the cruelest possible way.
Their last few hours together as a family were on a June evening.
Before sunset Rajaa and her children sat together beside their tent in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city.
Rajaa was baking saj bread, with help from her neighbor Rewaa. Ahmad, Rajaa’s son, was searching for firewood.
Suddenly, Israel launched an airstrike on the area.
Rewaa’s husband Muhammad told everyone to move into his family’s tent.
Together with two of Rajaa’s sons, he then stuck a pole in the ground and attached a white flag to it, letting everyone know that they were civilians. …..more
