UPDATE:

I call and call to NO answer, then finally she picks up. Her voice is not right. Something is wrong.

It is now 8am, the supposed time the “ceasefire” is to begin. I can hear the artillery and bombing. She confirms they are still attacking. It’s ALL a LIE.

Asmaa then tells me that we can’t talk on the phone anymore, that they heard on the news that their phone lines are “being listened to by outside parties.” Maybe they can find out their location and hurt them. My heart settles to the bottom of my stomach,she gets another call and has to hang up.

I’m AFRAID and I can’t imagine NOT hearing their voices. She’s AFRAID and her voice trembles. I don’t want to put them at RISK, I do as she suggests. I have a million questions. Oh God. Oh God.

We hang up.

I don’t know what is happening, but I know that the CEASEFIRE IS A LIE. I heard the violence that is ravaging them STILL, with my own ears. I don’t know if I will talk to them again, they are afraid to answer the phone……………………………………