Farah Baker is 16 years old.
She has two younger sisters aged 14 and 6, a loving mum, and a father who’s a neurosurgeon.
Farah should be doing her homework or enjoying free time after school with friends — But instead, she fears for her life.
You see, Farah lives in Gaza, where a bloody conflict between Hamas and Israel has reportedly claimed over 1200 lives in just over three weeks, the BBC reports.
On Monday night, the teenager live-tweeted one of the scariest nights she’s ever endured — posting pictures, videos and messages to document a missile attack near her home.
She’s ammased more than 62,000 followers on Twitter since the frightening night, and her moving descriptions of the night’s events — which add a moving, human perspective to the ongoing, deeply complex conflict — have drawn worldwide media coverage.
Click through the gallery below to read parts of her troubling account from the night:
If you’d like to read an account of the conflict from a woman living in Tel Aviv, see this post.
NOTE: Mamamia is a news and opinion site and this is one opinion. We are always looking for more, particularly from women who have a first-hand experience of issues like this. If you want to tell your story, email submissions@ mamamia.com.au
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