ZOYA & ZARA'S LIFE DROWNED IN AGONY!

It's Diwali next week, but a moving story from the Gaza Strip has left people terribly restless. A young girl was discovered by rescuers in the wreckage of a structure that had been hit by multiple bombs. Who was this girl, covered in blood, no one knew? She was shifted immediately to a hospital in the area. When the girl’s blood-stained face was wiped clean, another injured girl named Zoya being treated on the bed next to hers cried out in pain that she was her sister Zara. Even though they were in excruciating pain, a smile appeared on the faces of both the girls. Their parents were probably killed in the bomb attack. Just imagine about the lives of these girls or scores of other children like them!

- VIJAY DARDA

When Hamas hit Israel with rockets, I had expressed apprehension that Israel would retaliate now and the innocents in Gaza will have to bear the brunt. The bombs and missiles falling from the sky will not be able to differentiate between Hamas’ base and the residents of innocent people. Sadly, my apprehensions are coming true. Thousands of people have been killed. Over 4,000 of the victims are children. Thousands of people have been incapacitated, having lost their hands, legs or eyes. What Hamas did was savage and what Israel is doing in retribution is no less cruel.