It was only two years ago, as Gaza resident and Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish was preparing for an interview with an Israeli TV station, that the unspeakable happened. January 16 was to be the last day of Israel's 2009 invasion of Gaza, and Dr. Abuelaish was to give an eyewitness account of the destruction and despair he was seeing from his window. A self taught speaker of Hebrew he was a rare voice from inside the Palestinian territory who could give Israeli viewers a sense of the horror unfolding just a few miles away. Suddenly two tank shells exploded into his home killing three of his daughters and a niece. He kept that appointment to be interviewed on T.V. and his raw anguish seized the attention of the world. Those who heard his voice that day will never forget it. |