Hello, my name is Diana.
I currently live in Gaza City when the massive bombings have started.
Last night at 2am I was asleep and woke up in a scene of horror and fear.
Diana Shums is 26 and lives with her two young children.
What she was hearing was Israel's military launching large scale airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
Rushed up to look over my kids and took them to sleep in the same room that we are staying in.
I rushed up to take the phone, to check on the news, on the social media, to look where was the bombing and if it's near us or in our neighborhood because the sound was really terrifying.
I went and backed up my clothes, my kids clothes and any important stuff for us to be ready to evacuate in any moment.
We had a sleepless night, a terrified and full of horror and fear.
So we are praying right now that the ceasefire will come into effect again and this struggles will not repeat again and we will not live horror and fear as we lived for 15 months.
The attack broke Israel's fragile ceasefire with Hamas and killed as of late Tuesday morning, more than 400 people.
From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this this is Post Reports.
I'm Colby ekowitz.
It's Tuesday, March 18th.
Today I talk with Miriam Berger who has been reporting on the ground since the start of the war.
I ask her about the devastation in Gaza and whether a new ceasefire can be reached.
Miriam, hi.
Thanks for joining us today.
Thank you for having me.
Miriam, you're in Israel right now and you've been speaking with people in Gaza.