Global Voices: Crisis in Gaza

A crisis continues in the middle east; Israel’s assault on Hamas-controlled Gaza is now in its eleventh day. Rockets fired by Hamas militants are still falling on Israeli towns, while Israeli ground troops move closer to population centers in the dense Palestinian territory. Hamas and Jerusalem show little interest in international calls for a truce, despite intense diplomatic efforts by Arab and European leaders. More than 550 Palestinians have been killed in the violence. Israel has lost four civilians.

It’s difficult for those of us who’ve never experienced war first-hand to imagine the scene in Gaza right now. The reports we get are mostly filtered through mainstream news sources, but the folks at Global Voices Online keep track of what local and regional bloggers are writing about the conflict as it unfolds. Deborah Dilly joins us on Word of mouth – as she often does – to give us a sense of what people are saying across the world’s informal news network on the blogosphere. Deborah is a writer and editor for Global Voices.

Click here to check out the site’s extensive Gaza coverage.