The total area of the Gaza Strip is 360 square kilometers. Gaza has an estimated population of 1.8 million people, living in a population density of 5000 people per squared kilometer. Israel says it has carried out more than 1,960 airstrikes on Gaza since 8 July 2014. That is more than 5 air strikes per km2 in the last TWELVE DAYS. Schools, hospitals, houses, roads, farmland, water supplies. Gaza is smaller than the city of Manchester. (Manchester = 493 km2) with a population density greater than that of Manchester.* Imagine, for a second, what 5 air strikes per km2 over 12 days would look like in Manchester. Now imagine that Manchester had been bombed and starved for many years before this current round of attacks. That this round of attacks was one in a long succession. Imagine that the bombed, hungry people of Manchester hadnt been allowed to leave the city for many years. Imagine that there is a border around Manchester : the people cannot get to Stockport or Preston, or even bloody Oldham. There is no safe place. There is no refuge. There is scant help. *Gaza: 5000 people per km2 Manchester: 4400 people per km2
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:57:21 +0000
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