The Tunnels in Gaza

I attempted a translation then recruited assistance from someone who has spoken Hebrew within the past decade.

Q: What are you doing here?
A: I work here, in the tunnels. We need to work here, because there isn't any work outside.
A: All the passages are closed, so were forced to work here. By way of the tunnels, we bypass the Rafah passage. We pass pampers diapers, excuse my rudeness. We transport a lot of things. We transport medicine, flour, sugar, clothes. We transport everything, everything that's at the market [shook ].

A: Who is this? (jokingly) I'll buy your father also. "Who's speaking?" Ill buy aluminum, copper, refrigerators, engines, washing machines... ACRAM! Yes.

A: I have here garbage, want to buy it?
A: Obviously, our lives here... before we go down inside, we pray.
A: At any moment, something could fall on us and block the way and get stuck here thirty, forty days.

Q: How do you eat and and drink during those times?

A: Sometimes they pour milk and water down the pipes/channels. We don't eat, only drink through the air pipe/channels.

[Via Gisha's Gaza Gateway. Thanks Zoe for translation]

Technorati Tags: black market, Gaza, Palestine, siege, tunnels

What Crap, Egypt Egypt is taking a lesson from its financier. You don’t...
Viruses in Gaza Swine flu is in the Gaza Strip. This is Israel’s...
Gaza Diary On my way to the Israeli Apartheid Week kick-off,...
How to Market Gaza as an Israeli Success Story Via Gisha’s Gaza Gateway [Verbatim]: The following guide was inspired...
Land Day was violent in Gaza Video courtesy of Bianca Zammit. Diaphanous clouds of smoke...