Farah Baker, Palestinian teenager tweets real-time bombing in Gaza: “I might die tonight”
“I CAN’T stop crying. I might die tonight”: The frightening words of a 16-year-old living in the Gaza war zone. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
A PALESTINIAN teenager is using social media to give a devastatingly frightening insight into the situation in Gaza.
16-year-old Farah Baker, who goes under the name Farah Gazan on Twitter, is amassing thousands of followers and re-tweets on Twitter after sharing a night of her private terror from her bedroom as rockets fell through Gaza overnight.
“I might die tonight,” she wrote.
The teenager tweets furiously between attacks; posting video footage and sound grabs of bombs and missiles as they fly through the air and hit unsuspecting targets.
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Yet some have debated the validity of Baker’s tweets, with some arguing the teenager is in it for the extra followers. Others though, have begged her to keep tweeting.
“Lets hope this keeps up, that she survives tonight,” wrote Christina Greig.
But Baker has been blogging about her life in Gaza since 2012. In her last post, Baker wrote, “I want to speak about what is happening these days in Gaza. We cannot leave our houses because it’s dangerous outside.”
Bloodshed in and around Gaza has surged today with strikes killing 13 Palestinians, a day after five Israeli soldiers died, shattering hopes for an end to three weeks of violence.
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This is in my area. I can't stop crying. I might die tonight #Gaza #GazaUnderAttack #ICC4Israel #AJAGAZA pic.twitter.com/DdDBIO7Q4B
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 28, 2014
Smoke of a bomb seen from my home now #Gaza pic.twitter.com/9DJeHbpbjz
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 29, 2014
3:04am it should be too dark but as u can see flares turned darkness into light #Gaza https://t.co/SF3buL7eC1
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 29, 2014
New flares 2;13am https://t.co/swEAjKbSpw
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 28, 2014
Whenever my 6 yrs old sis hear the rocket falling she covers her ears and shout while crying in order not to hear the bomb #Gaza #AJAGAZA
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 28, 2014
We are sitting in darkness bc th power is off, flares r lightening up th area just like it's midday,we're just hearin bombs,drones,f16s#Gaza
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 28, 2014
I'm 16yrs old and have witnessed 3 wars, as I see, this is the hardest one #Gaza #GazaUnderAttack #GazaUnderFire #AJAGAZA #ICC4Israel
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 28, 2014
Masssive missile with flares seen #Gaza http://t.co/UfMr80oWGx
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 28, 2014
Another HORRIBLE SHELL 2:11am #Gaza https://t.co/cEr1DtT6du
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 28, 2014
Watch how do flares light up the buildings #Gaza https://t.co/kyfsu3JXik
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 28, 2014
This is one of the hundreds bombs that I'm hearing #Gaza YOU MUST LISTEN http://t.co/WoYszAHzDu
â Guess what (@Farah_Gazan) July 28, 2014
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