As Israel continues its strike on the northern Gaza strip, one man shares his first-person experience with the help of Twitter.
Mohammed Suliman has been tweeting nearly every hour since the aerial bombings began.
Although Israel warned citizens to flee, many still remain in the chaos, reported the Los Angeles Times.
17,000 people fled the northern part of the strip seeking refuge at facilities run by the United Nation. But others like Suliman have remained or relocated to another area of the strip.
We decide to move to family's house in north Gaza. Streets are absolutely vacant. Intense bombing there but we feel much safer among family.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 13, 2014
Many of Suliman’s tweets are chilling as he describes the blasts, and fearful nights.
I sleep for a short while. Two hour pass before a series of successive blasts hit my area. Glass shatters. I wake up scared. My wife scremas
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 13, 2014
He also tweeted about victims of the blast.
“Anas, 17, posts on Facebook, 'I'm too tired, shell our home so I can get some sleep.' A while later, his home is shelled. He sleeps forever,” Suliman tweeted.
Israeli planes targeted areas believed to be the homes of members of Islamic extremist groups, such as Hamas.
Mariam, 8, was playing at the backyard of her family's house. An Israeli missile fell in there. Shrapnel hit her head. She's now on deathbed
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 11, 2014
July 13 marks the sixth day of the attack against Hamas, in which more than 160 people have been killed so far, reported CBS News.
Since last week Tuesday, more than 800 rockets have been fired at Israel.
In the midst of the chaos, Suliman provides the world with an inside view of the bombings.
I read names of victims killed yesterday. I hope I won't recognize any. I don't. I close my eyes to sleep. A missile fall. A blast. A tweet.
— Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine) July 14, 2014
Image via Twitter from Mohammed Suliman.