Residents live in fear of nightly raids and daytime bombings from the Israeli military occupying their land Residents live in fear of nightly raids and daytime bombings from the Israeli military occupying their land F or hours, Hussein Abdel al-El and his wife, Um Alaa, did not move. They sat in the bathroom in the dark, not daring to touch their phones; the faint glow of the screen might give them away to the Israeli soldiers outside. It was 1am, the Israelis were raiding their neighbours’