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(Credit: Farah Baker/Twitter)
Storified by · Wed, Jul 30 2014 00:02:26
As forces from Israel and Hamas exchange fire, there are countless stories of people getting caught in the middle.
Farah Baker is 16 years old and lives in Gaza. She shared the view from her home via Twitter last night, including the sights and sounds of rockets, bombs, drones and ambulances.
鈥淭he power was cut off so we were sitting in darkness. The only light we could see were the flares and the drones. The only sound we could hear was the bombs," she told . "This is my first time feeling like I would die... I want to stop this when I get older. This is why I want to study law."
Farah didn't tweet for 11 hours causing many people to message her asking if she was alright. She then finally tweeted this.
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