Dr. Ezz E-Deen’s story presents a typical tragedy which every Gazan family lived during the 22 day Israeli offensive on the strip. A life summarized in two scenes, happy starting and heartbreaking ending. One common character stands alone in the darkness that covered Gaza narrating his story of pain, loneliness and grief with eyes that endlessly shed tears. In this story Dr.Ezz E-Deen is our narrator.

Dr.Ezz El-Din Abul Aish had a wonderful family consisting of a tender wife and three little flowers named Bisan, Aya and Mayar. Yet and before too long, Dr.Ezz El-Din Abul Aish bid his wife farewell who had a chronic disease that weakened her. Dr. Ezz E-Deen was in an impossible mission to compensate his children for losing their mother. 

He loved to hear their laughs and innocent talks coming out of their room at night. In their room, the three sisters busied themselves with some stuff escaping away from their fears of being the coming victims in the news. One of them was holding a book studying for the exams, the other was sitting at her computer viewing the latest news and the third was at the balcony checking the atmosphere. 

In a moment, the whole scene was turned upside down, when a missile hit the girls’ room turning all of them into pieces. The father was in shock for a moment and his eyes streamed with eyes. 

"It was heartbreaking, it is beyond words. I screamed at the top of my lungs, but with no response as the neighbors had left. Thus I called Shlomi Eldar, Israeli channel 10 Gaza strip affairs reporter, who aired my cries for help live on air. Rapidly I called military officials to persuade them to allow my injured family members to be hospitalized." The sad father narrates. 

With difficult to stop his cries and tears, Dr. Ezz El- Din continued "Paramedics couldn’t match the remains to the bodies; Mayar’s head, as well as Nour’s , split and their faces couldn’t be identified since they were totally distorted."

Dr.Ezz El-Din Abul Aish strenuously denied what the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) declared, as they said shelling the doctor’s house was in return for the shots and mortar shells which had been fired from it, he replied: "They knew it was my house; however they shelled it. I wonder why! A couple of days ago, my daughters were by my side, laughing and playing but now they are lying under the dust. Of what guilt have they been killed? A promising future would have awaited them." 

Her Dreams:

Mayar was distinguished by her knowledge and ethics just like her two other sisters. She was exceptionally fond of mathematics and computer science. 

Because of her love for computers, Mayar was charting her teachers’ notes using Microsoft Office Excel. Her aunt said, "She was modest, loving and never preferred any one to another."

On Friday 16th of January, 2009, the occupation forces put an end to Mayar’s life as well as her aspiration to become a doctor with their brutal shells. They concealed her innocent features and turned her smile into tears shed by her loved ones over their big loss. 

Her father said wailing "Why were they killed of no guilt? Israel has not only killed my daughters but it has also killed every beautiful thing in my life."