Gaza Report Back by Medea Benjamin

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Gaza: Lift the Siege

Delegation at the Rafah Egypt border

Parliament building in Gaza City

Jabalia refugee camp houses over 100,000 people

Cindy Corrie visiting the destruction in Abed Rabu, Gaza

Destroyed factory

UN supply warehouse bombedUnited Nations warehouse

Bombed out dairy

Bombed out cement plant

Al Quds Hospital bombed

This was a surgery room

Children’s ward

The American International School in Gaza

Attacking a playground???

New tent cities; More than 70,000 people have been displaced from their homes

Head of the Red Crescent in Gaza

Giving out gift baskets in the Al Quds hospital

Gift baskets for the hospital staff

Dancing on International Women’s Day

Medea Benjamin at the El Karama Center for Culture and Arts on International Women's Day March 08

Alice Walker with women’s community group on International Women’s Day

Our next delegation will focus on children, who make up more than half (56%) of Gaza’s population.

JABALIA REFUGEE CAMPGazan children have been disproportionately affected by the Israeli siege

431 children were killed during Israeli assault; 1,872 were wounded; 1,346 children were left without one or more of their parents

Our next delegations will build International Friendship Playgrounds for the children.

To contribute or go on the delegation, go to www.codepinkalert.org