@OmarHamadD - Omar Hamad | عُـمَـرْ 𓂆
I am not writing this testimony to move you or to make you aware of the truth. I am writing it because I have deeply regretted much in my life, claiming to demand freedom and desiring to live in peace while never carrying a weapon. If I could write this testimony with my own blood, I would, but my tears have preceded my blood. Today, I sat beside a woman trapped in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. She told me about the brutality of the events that took place. She said: "The Israeli army stormed in, savage and thirsty for blood and murder. They separated the women to one side and the men to the other. They forced the women to strip completely and made their husbands watch. If any man dared to avert his gaze, they beat him or killed him. Then they began raping us one after another. When they finished with one woman, they shaved her head completely and stamped a temporary mark on her scalp, signifying that she had been raped. Some women were killed after being raped and were thrown on top of each other. What was even more brutal than the rape was forcing our men to watch us. Many men couldn't bear to look and were shot in the head. My husband was very stubborn. They raped me in front of him and then killed him before my eyes." She spoke with anguish, crying uncontrollably. Have you cried, or are you waiting for me to play sad music for you? Can you sleep atter reading this, or does it not matter to you? Do you think you can continue living comfortably without defending the oppressed in this world? I am burning inside, burning like a piece of plastic melting and scalding everything around it.
@OmarHamadD - Omar from Gaza 𓂆
Every day, I pass by a demolished house. There is still someone trapped underneath that no one has been able to rescue. Every time I get close to that house, I feel a heavy weight on my chest, a fire burning inside me. I ask myself, how can I pass by it without doing anything?
@OmarHamadD - Omar from Gaza 𓂆
Between the sound of the sea and the sound of war, the voice of poetry prevails. https://t.co/89rTrxhWOV