NguDavid Swanson
Kwisiyelelane saseGaza, apho iidrones zabhuza kwaye zavuthela izinto iintsuku 51 Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kukho igama le-onomatopoetic le-drones: zanana. Xa abantwana baka-Atef Abu Saif babemcela, ebudeni baloo mfazwe, ukuba abakhuphele ngaphandle ndaweni ithile, yaye wayesala, babedla ngokubuza: “Kodwa uya kusithabatha xa iyekile izanana?”
USaif upapashe idayari yakhe ukusukela ngelo xesha, enamangeniso angama-51, ebizwa IDrone Itya Nam. Ndincoma ukufunda isahluko esinye ngosuku. Awulibali kakhulu ukufunda uninzi lwazo kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka emibini yokwenzeka kwazo. Ukufunda incwadi ngokuthe ngqo kusenokungadluliseli ngokufanelekileyo ubude bamava. Kwelinye icala, unokufuna ukugqiba ngaphambi kokuba kuqale imfazwe elandelayo eGaza, kwaye ngenene andinakutsho ukuba iya kuba nini.
Imfazwe ka-2014 ibiyeyesithathu usapho lukaSaif oluyinxalenye yalo kwiminyaka emihlanu. Asikukuba yena okanye inkosikazi yakhe okanye abantwana bakhe abancinane bangenela umkhosi. Abazange baye kwilizwe lasentsomini elibizwa ngokuba “lithafa ledabi” yintatheli yase-US. Hayi, iimfazwe ziza kanye kubo. Ngokwembono yabo phantsi kweenqwelomoya kunye needrones, ukubulawa akunakwenzeka kwaphela. Ngokuhlwa sisakhiwo esisebumelwaneni sidiliziwe, ngomso ezinye izindlu azibonwa. Iindlela zivuthelwe, kunye namabhoma, nkqu amangcwaba ukuze bangakhanyeli abafileyo isabelo esihogweni sabaphilayo. Amathambo amade afileyo abhabha ephuma emhlabeni kuqhushumbo ngenjongo esengqiqweni njengoko abantwana bomzala wakho benqunyulwa intloko okanye ikhaya likamakhulu wakho lisicaba.
Xa uphumela ngaphandle ngexesha lemfazwe eGaza, umbono ubonakala ngathi udlalwa zizigebenga, izidalwa ezinoburhalarhume nezinamandla kakhulu ezikwaziyo ukwahlula izakhiwo ezikhulu ngokungathi zenziwe ngeLegos. Kwaye iingxilimbela zinamehlo akwimo yeedrones ezihlala zibukele kwaye zihlala zibhuza:
"Umfana owayethengisa ukutya kwabantwana - iilekese, iitshokholethi, iicrisps - waba, emehlweni omqhubi wedrone, ekujoliswe kuyo okufanelekileyo, yingozi kwaSirayeli."
“. . . Umsebenzisi ujonga eGaza ngendlela inkwenkwe engalawulekiyo ejonga ngayo isikrini somdlalo wevidiyo. Ucofa iqhosha elinokutshabalalisa isitalato sonke. Usenokugqiba kwelokuba aphelise ubomi bomntu ohamba kwindlela egangathiweyo, okanye unokuncothula umthi okwintsimi yeziqhamo ongekavelisi siqhamo.”
USaif nosapho lwakhe bazimela ngaphakathi, ngoomatrasi epasejini, kude neefestile, imihla ngemihla. Uzama ngokuchasene nomgwebo wakhe ongcono. Ubhala athi: “Ndiziva ndisisidenge ngakumbi ubusuku ngabunye,
“Ukuhamba phakathi kwenkampu kunye neSaftawi ngeedrone ezijikelezayo ngaphezulu kwam. Phezolo, ndade ndabona enye: yayibengezela esibhakabhakeni sasebusuku njengenkwenkwezi. Ukuba awuyazi into omawuyijonge, awunakukwazi ukwahlula inkwenkwezi. Ndajonga isibhakabhaka kangangemizuzu elishumi njengoko ndihamba, ndikhangela nantoni na eshukumayo. Kukho iinkwenkwezi kunye neenqwelomoya phaya phezulu kunjalo. Kodwa idrone yahlukile, ekuphela kokukhanya ekunikayo kubonakaliswa ngoko ke kunzima ukuyibona kunenkwenkwezi okanye inqwelomoya. Ifana nesathelayithi, kuphela isondele kakhulu emhlabeni kwaye ke ihamba ngokukhawuleza. Ndibone enye njengoko ndijika kwisitalato i-al-Bahar, emva koko ndawagcina amehlo am ethe ntsho kuyo. Imijukujelwa kulula ukuyibona xa sele iqalisiwe - ivutha esibhakabhakeni ngokungaboni - kodwa ukugcina iliso lam kwi-drone kuthetha ukuba ndinesibini okanye ezibini isaziso ngaphezu kwakhe nabani na, ukuba ithatha isigqibo sokudubula. "
Ukuhlala phantsi kweedrones, abantu baseGaza bafunda ukungenzi ubushushu, obunokutolikwa njengesixhobo. Kodwa bayasiqhela isoyikiso esihlala sikhona, kunye nezoyikiso ezicacileyo eziziswa kwiiselfowuni zabo. Xa umkhosi wamaSirayeli uthumelela wonke umntu okwinkampu yeembacu ukuba aphume, akukho mntu uhambayo. Baza kubalekela phi, izindlu zabo zidiliziwe, kwaye sele bebalekile?
Ukuba uyazivumela ukuba umamele iidrones ebusuku, awusoze ulale, utshilo uSaif. “Ngoko ndenza konke okusemandleni ukuba ndingabahoyi, nto leyo eyayinzima. Ebumnyameni, ungaphantse ukholelwe ukuba bakwigumbi lakho lokulala kunye nawe, emva kwekhethini, ngaphezulu kwewodrophu. Ucinga ukuba, ukuba uwangawangisa isandla sakho phezu kobuso bakho, unokusibamba ngesandla sakho okanye ude usijike ngendlela obuya kwenza ngayo kwingcongconi.”
Ndikhunjuzwa ngomgca wemibongo evela, ndicinga ukuba, ePakistan, kodwa inokuba ivela kulo naliphi na ilizwe elilwa ne-drone: "Uthando lwam kuwe luhlala lufana ne-drone." Kodwa ayilulo uthando ukuba izizwe zedrone zinikezela kumaxhoba azo akude, akunjalo?
