A year after losing a father and sons, a Gaza family copes
Rami Almeghari writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 6 January 2010
Khaled Abu Jbarah with baby Lina and Jihad, whose father was killed in an Israeli missile strike on their Gaza home. (Rami Almeghari)
"Four months after the martyrdom of my husband and two of my sons, my granddaughter Lina was born -- the daughter of my martyred son Basel," said Fathiya Abu Jbarah. Fathiya is the widow of Jihad Abu Jbarah and mother of Basil, 30, and Usama, 21 who were killed on 4 January 2009 by an Israeli missile that struck their home in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Their home was hit during Israel's 22-day air and land attack that killed more than 1,400 persons and wounded thousands of others.The Electronic Intifada visited the family a few days after the attack (see "Targeting a cup of tea in Gaza," 12 January 2009) and came back one year later to see how they are coping.