Motaz Omar, recent college graduate, 26

I just graduated as an Internet Web designer from Al-Azhar University here in Gaza. There’s a lot of fighting here, a lot of violence. I came to Al-Shifa hospital because I think my friend was killed and I’m trying to find out. He was just passing by on the street. [In an Israeli drone attack on two Islamic jihad fighters, three bystanders were also killed.] He also was studying Web design with me. He didn’t do anything to deserve to die. Now people will be angry. Everyone is worried because they don’t know if the situation in Gaza will get better. I will probably leave because I don’t want to die. I’ve tried to get a visa to study in the United States, but they didn’t accept me.