Na David Swanson
I ka dialect of Gaza, kahi i hoʻokipaʻia ai nā drones a puhi i nā mea no 51 la ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, aia kekahi huaʻōlelo onomatopoetic no drones: hanana. Ke noi aku nā keiki a Atef Abu Saif iā ia, i loko o kēlā kaua, e lawe iā lākou i waho o nā puka i kahi, a hōʻole ʻo ia, a laila e nīnau lākou: "Akā e lawe ʻoe iā mākou ke kū ka zanana?"
Ua hoʻopukaʻo Saif i kāna puke moʻolelo mai kēlā manawa, me nā mea helu 51 i kapaʻia Eʻai pū ke kauʻai me aʻu. Paipai wau e heluhelu i hoʻokahi mokuna i ka lā. ʻAʻole lohi ʻoe i ka heluhelu ʻana i ka hapa nui o lākou ma ka piha makahiki ʻelua o kā lākou hana ʻia. ʻAʻole paha e hōʻike pololei i ka lōʻihi o ka ʻike i ka heluhelu pololei ʻana i ka puke. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, makemake paha ʻoe e hoʻopau ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua hou ma Gaza, a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo i ka wā hea ia.
ʻO ke kaua 2014 ke kolu a ka ʻohana a Saif i ʻāpana ai i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki. ʻAʻole ia ʻo kāna wahine a kāna mau keiki paha i komo i ka pūʻali koa. ʻAʻole lākou i hele i kēlā ʻāina kaʻao a US journalism i kapa ai ʻo “kahua kaua.” ʻAʻole, hiki mai nā kaua iā lākou. Mai ko lākou manaʻo ma lalo o nā mokulele a me nā drones, he lōkō wale ka luku ʻana. I kēia pō ʻo ia ka hale ma ka puka aʻe i wāwahi ʻia, ʻapōpō kekahi mau hale mai waho wale o ka maka. Puhi ʻia nā alanui, a me nā māla, a ʻo kahi hale kupapaʻu hoʻi i mea e hōʻole ʻole ai i ka poʻe make i ka ʻāpana i loko o ka pō o ka poʻe ola. Lele nā iwi make lōʻihi mai ka lepo i nā pahū me ke kumu kūpono e like me ka hemo ʻana o nā keiki a kou hoahānau a i pāhola ʻia paha ka home o kou kupunawahine.
Ke heleʻoe ma waho i kahi kaua ma Gaza,ʻikeʻia ka hopena o ka hanaʻana e nā kānaka nunui, hiki i nā meaʻino a me nā mea nui ke koho i nā hale nunui me he mea lā i hanaʻia me Legos. A he mau maka nā kānaka nunui i keʻano o ka nānā mauʻana a me nā drones-buzzing mau loa:
"ʻO ke kanaka ʻōpio i kūʻai aku i ka meaʻai a nā keiki - nā mea momona, nā kokoleka, nā ʻokiʻoki - i lilo i maka o ka mea hoʻohana drone, kahi pahuhopu kūpono, kahi weliweli i ka ʻIseraʻela.
". . . Nānā ka mea hana iā Gaza i ke ʻano o kahi keikikāne kolohe ʻole e nānā i ka paku o kahi pāʻani wikiō. Kāomi ʻo ia i kahi pihi e hoʻopau ai i ke alanui holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻoholo paha ʻo ia e hoʻopau i ke ola o kekahi e hele ana ma ke alahele, a i ʻole huki paha i kahi kumulāʻau i kahi māla hua i hua ʻole. "
Hūnā ʻo Saif a me kona ʻohana i loko o ka hale, me nā moena moena i ke alaloa, mai nā puka aniani, i kēlā me kēia lā. Hele kūʻē ʻo ia i kāna kūʻē pono ponoʻī. "ʻIke pinepine wau i ka lapuwale i kēlā me kēia pō," kākau ʻo ia,
"E hele wāwae ana ma waena o kahi hoʻomoana a me Saftawi me nā drones e uē ana ma luna oʻu. I ka pō nei, ua ʻike wau i kekahi: ʻālohilohi i ka lani lani me he hōkū lā. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai kahi hōkū. ʻImi wau i ka lani ma kahi o ʻumi mau minuke i koʻu hele wāwae ʻana, e ʻimi ana i nā mea i neʻe. Aia nā hōkū a me nā mokulele ma laila o ka papa. Akā ʻokoʻa kahi drone, hōʻike wale ʻia ke kukui āna e hāʻawi ai no laila ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka ʻike ʻana ma mua o kahi hōkū a mokulele paha. He like ia me kahi ukali, ʻo ia wale nō kokoke loa i ka honua a no laila neʻe wikiwiki. ʻIke wau i kekahi i koʻu huli ʻana i ke Al-Bahar Street, a laila nānā pono mau koʻu mau maka iā ia. Maʻalahi ke ʻike ʻana i nā missile ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia lākou - lele i ka lani me ka makapō - akā ke kau nei koʻu maka i ka drone no ka mea he ʻelua a ʻelua paha mau leka hoʻomaopopo aʻe ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ke noho nei ma lalo o nā poho, ua aʻoʻoleʻo Gazana e hana i ka wela, a he mea hiki ke ho'ākākaʻia he mea kaua. Akā ua ulu maʻalahi lākou i ka weliweli o ka wā, a me ka hōʻailona weliweli i hāʻawiʻia i ko lākou mau kelepona. Ke hoʻoholo ka pūʻali koa oʻIseraʻela i nā kānaka a pau i kahi hoʻomoana e hoʻokuʻu i waho,ʻaʻohe mea e neʻe. Auhea la lakou e holo aku ai, me na hale i lukuia, a ua mahuka aku nei?
Inā ʻae ʻoe e hoʻolohe i nā drones i ka pō, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hiamoe, kākau ʻo Saif. "No laila ua hana wau i ka mea hiki e nānā pono ʻole iā lākou, paʻakikī. I ka pouli, ʻaneʻane hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻoʻiʻo aia lākou i kou lumi moe me ʻoe, ma hope o nā pale, ma luna aʻe o nā kapa komo. Kuhi ʻoe, inā ʻoe e hoʻoluli i kou lima ma luna o kou alo, hopu paha ʻoe iā ia i kou lima a i ʻole swat ia e like me ka namu. "
Hoʻomaopopo wau i kahi laina o nā mele mai, manaʻo wau, ʻo Pakistan, akā mai kekahi o nā lāhui kaua drone paha: "ʻO koʻu aloha iā ʻoe e like me ka drone." Akā ʻaʻole ia ke aloha i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o nā lāhui drone i kā lākou poʻe pio i hala, ʻeā?
