Kubukeka sengathi iPalestine nayo isithathe indlela ebheke kakhulu kubavakashi bendawo kanye nezakhamizi eziya ogwini lolwandle, zihamba ngasogwini lwaseGaza futhi zikhombisa uthando esidlangalaleni. Ngokusobala, amaphoyisa eHamas azame ukubopha intatheli ezimele, 26, u-Asma al-Ghoul ehamba nendoda ogwini lolwandle lwaseGaza. Iqembu labangane lalihlanganisa abesifazane ababili namadoda amathathu abadlulayo, behamba ogwini olusenyakatho yeGaza.
U-Miss al-Ghoul uthathwe ngamaphoyisa ngamacala okugqoka nokuziphatha okungafaneleki. Ngobusuku bokuboshwa kwakhe, wayegqoke i-jean kanye nesikibha - izingubo ezithathwa njengezivusa inkanuko emphakathini waseGaza futhi ezingaheha kalula ukunaka kwephini lamaphoyisa e-Hamas azulazula emabhishi. Naye wayebhukuda egqoke ibhulukwe, egqoke kahle, nentombi. Abangani besilisa baka-Al-Ghoul bashaywa ngamaphoyisa eHamas, bagqunywa ejele amahora ambalwa base becelwa ukuthi basayine izitatimende ezithi ngeke baphinde bephule izindinganiso zokuziphatha zomphakathi, esho. Lesi sigameko samangaza kakhulu, okubi kakhulu, njengokushaqeka kwabasePalestine, okokuqala ngqa, batshelwa ngalezi zindaba kanye nomthetho osobala we-Islamic obekwe yi-Hamas endaweni yogu.
Ngokwezindaba zendawo, lesi sigameko bekungokokuqala ukuthi iHamas iphumele obala izame ukujezisa owesifazane ngokuziphatha ngendlela ebuka njengengahambisani nenkolo yobuSulumane kusukela yathatha izintambo zombuso eminyakeni emibili edlule. Lesi sigameko silandela izinyanga zengcindezi ethule kubahlali baseGaza abangondli ngokweqile abayizigidi eziyi-1.4 ukuthi bathobele izimiso zenkolo eziqinile. I-Hamas yaze yayala abanikazi bezitolo ukuthi badilize izikhangiso ezibonisa imidwebo yemizimba yabesifazane bese bekhipha izingubo zangaphansi emashalofini.
Okuxakayo ukuthi ukuma kwe-Islamic hardliner kuyagqama - “isiko” elisuka kwamanye amazwe lisuka eSaudi Arabia ethanda ukonga (lapho imibhangqwana/izithandani ezizihambela ngokungenacala ogwini lolwandle noma emigwaqweni engcupheni yokuboshwa amaphoyisa ezenkolo noma iMutawa), kuyilapho amabhishi aseGaza ekhushulelwa thuthukisa ezokuvakasha zendawo.
Esikhathini esingeside esidlule, ngemva kokuxoshwa kweGaza, ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha basePalestine babeka amathemba abo phezulu kwezokuvakasha zangaphakathi noma zasekhaya. Enye indlela yokucofa izinombolo ku-Strip kwakuwukubuyisela amabhishi aseGaza kubantu basePalestine. Amabhishi ayenakwa kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngokwesibonelo, iDeir Al Balah yaseGaza yaziwa ngamabhishi ayo amahle, isihlabathi esikhanyayo esisagolide, ukukhanya kwelanga unyaka wonke; nokudla kwasolwandle okuhle kakhulu, izinsuku zekhwalithi kanye nemivubukulo yasendulo. Indawo okuyiwa kuyo ihehe abavakashi bomdabu bemindeni kanye nabasanda kushada phakathi nokungazinzi okusabalele. Abantu baseWest Bank baphithizele ogwini lwaseGaza.
Inkinga eyodwa ebucayi ezokuvakasha iGaza ebhekene nayo ukukhula kwethrafikhi yezokuvakasha ukuya eGaza, engakwazi ukufinyelela - kusuka olwandle noma emoyeni, ngisho nomhlabathi odabula imingcele yaseGibhithe noma yakwa-Israel. “Ayingeneki,” kusho umeluleki wezokuvakasha kowayeyinduna uBandak. “Uma singavula futhi sisebenzise isikhumulo sezindiza nechweba, imingcele enqamula i-Egypt neGaza kanye ne-Israel neGaza, sizoba nesiminyaminya. Kodwa abantu baseGaza bavele bangene ngothango bephuma ngesango ngokungemthetho. Lo mngcele uvaliwe. Uma sonke sivula imingcele izivakashi zizogeleza ngokukhululeka,” usho kanje.
Cishe amakhilomitha angama-32 enyakatho yomngcele waseGibhithe, ogwini olusentshonalanga yeMedithera, iGaza isiphenduke isizinda sezomnotho sezithelo zayo ezisawolintshi neminye imikhiqizo, okhaphethi abenziwe ngezandla, ifenisha eyenziwe ngezintambo nezitsha zobumba, nokudla kwasolwandle okusha. Izindawo zokudlela eziningana namapaki akleliswe emgqeni weMedithera waseGaza, athathwa njengelinye lamadolobha anomlando kakhulu emhlabeni. Ukuphila kwasebusuku e-Gaza bekunempilo futhi kunikeza izivakashi ubusuku obujabulisayo bokuzijabulisa, umculo nokudansa emahhotela aseduze nolwandle.
Ngisho neGaza yasendulo yayiyisikhungo esichumayo sezohwebo kanye nesitobhi emzileni wama-caravan phakathi kweGibhithe neSiriya. Yaqala ukuhlalwa amaKhanani futhi yathathwa yiGibhithe ngekhulu le-15 BC, yaba iDolobha lamaFilisti eminyakeni engamakhulu ambalwa kamuva. Cishe ngo-600AD, yathathwa amaSulumane. IGaza kukhulunywa ngayo izikhathi eziningi eBhayibhelini, ikakhulukazi njengendawo lapho uSamsoni ehlisela khona ithempeli lamaFilisti phezu kwakhe nezitha zakhe. AmaSulumane akholelwa ukuthi yindawo okwangcwatshwa kuyo umkhulu kaMprofethi uMohamed. Ngenxa yalokho, yaba isikhungo esibalulekile samaSulumane kwaze kwaba sekuqaleni kwekhulu le-12 lapho ilawulwa amaMpi Yenkolo eyakha amasonto. IGaza, nokho, yabuyela ekulawuleni amaSulumane ngo-1187.
Okwenzekile ku-al-Ghoul kungase kube ukubonakaliswa kokubuyela ekulawuleni okuqinile kwamaSulumane eGaza.
Khonamanjalo, kwenye intuthuko ehlukile, izindlu ezingaphezu kuka-2,400 zacekelwa phansi eGaza ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kuka-Israyeli kusukela ngoDisemba kuya kuJanuwari - engu-490 yazo ngeziteleka ze-F-16. Ngaphezulu, ama-mosque angama-30, izikhungo zemfundo ezingama-29, izikhungo zezokwelapha ezingama-29, izinhlangano ezisiza abampofu eziyi-10 kanye nezimboni zikasimende ezi-5 nazo zaqhunyiswa ngamabhomu. Isikebhe saseFree Gaza esibizwa ngokuthi i-Spirit of Humanity sathunyelwa sisuka eCyprus ukuze sisize izisulu; bekunabasebenzi abangama-21 bamalungelo abantu kanye nobumbano abamele amazwe ayi-11 ahlukene abafikile. Abagibeli bahlanganisa owawina umklomelo kaNobel uMairead Maguire kanye nowayeyilungu lengqungquthela laseMelika uCynthia McKinney. Umkhumbi wawuthwele amathani amathathu e-medical aid, amathoyizi ezingane, kanye nezinsiza zokuvuselela nokwakha kabusha amakhaya emindeni engamashumi amabili.
Yize kwathenjiswa usizo olungaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezine zamaRandi eGaza ngemuva kokuhlaselwa ngodlame, usizo oluncane lwabantu kanye nezinto zokwakha kabusha ziye zavunyelwa.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The incident came as a surprise, worst yet, as shock to Palestinians who, for the first time were told about the news and apparent new Islamic law imposed by Hamas on the coastal area.
- Gaza is mentioned a number of times in the Bible, especially as the site where Samson brought down the Philistine temple on himself and his enemies.
- Ironically, the Islamic hardliner's stance comes to fore – a “culture” imported from ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia (where couples/ lovers innocently strolling on the beach or streets risk getting arrested by the religious police or Mutawa), while Gaza's beaches are promoted to boost local tourism.
