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Witness History: Israel Withdraws From Gaza

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Israel Withdraws From Gaza

04/10/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Israel Withdraws From Gaza

One woman's account of life on the front-line of Israel's occupation of Gaza.

Maisoon Bashir recalls the five-year occupation of her home in the Gaza Strip by Israeli soldiers, which ended when Israel pulled out in September 2005.

For five years Maisoon Bashir and her family lived on the front-line of the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip.  Their house was directly opposite one of the Jewish settlements built by Israel after it captured the tiny heavily-populated territory from Egypt in the Six Day war in October 1967. Israeli troops occupied the top floors of Maisoon’s house, using it as a military look-out post, while Maisoon and her family continued living in the rooms below.  They finally re-gained possession of their home when Israel withdrew from Gaza in September 2005.  Maisoon tells Mike Lanchin about living with soldiers in her own home.

Photo: An Israeli armored personnel carrier deploys at sunrise to protect the evacuation of the Gaza Strip Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom (David Silverman/Getty Images).

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