Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Today marks one year since Israel began airstrikes into Gaza in response to Hamas militants launching rockets toward Israel.
The United Nations has since accused both sides of war crimes during the fighting. It released an investigation last month that said Hamas sent thousands of rockets to Israel. It also found that, of the more than two thousand Palestinians killed, the majority were civilians.
The fighting last year devastated Gaza, the small coastal strip that's home to some of the most crowded neighborhoods in the world.
Lara Aburamadan is a resident of one of those crowded neighborhoods in Gaza City. A year ago, she and her husband, Jehad Saftawi, live-streamed their view of the city from their apartment balcony during the airstrikes. Tens of thousands of viewers from around the world tuned in to watch.
To find out what life was like for the residents of Gaza during the conflict, Take Two spoke to Aburamadan one year ago. Since, Aburamadan says recovery has been slow, and in some respects, non-existent.
To hear more about what life is like for Aburamadan and other residents now, please click on the audio player above.