Tragedy and shock has captured the minds and hearts of Palestinian bloggers this week. The Israeli shelling of Gaza which lead to the death of several civilians including women and children, has some calling it Bloody Friday.

As Palestinian families built sand castles on a Gaza beach an Israeli shell shattered their peaceful day. Blogger and human rights activist, Mona El-Farra best describes the scene with the story of a little girl who lost both her parents and three brothers and sisters.

Moi posts a video from a news report filmed after the attack and with absolute sadness says:

“I cannot get her voice out of my head. Her screams pierced through my body and soul as she began to fathom the fate of her father lying lifelessly in front of her. “Yaaaabaaaa” means “Daaaaddyyyy”. Her Daddy is no more. Her Mommy is no more. Her siblings are no more.”

The video has had it’s affect on other Palestinian bloggers such as Haitham Sabbah who says: “While watching all this and more on Palestine TV and Aljazeera, I, my wife and all my kids, all started crying.”

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