Osnat is due on Aug 15, the day of the planned evacuation. So far she has no idea to where would she return from the hospital.

Osnat and Oz were not planning on being settlers. As other young Israelis, they were just back from a long trip to India. The newly wed couple was renting a small nest in Jerusalem planning to spend a year on "becoming a couple".

The bombing of the school bus in Kfar Darom where 2 adults were killed and several children lost their legs becoming paraplegic for ever had compelled them to act:

They left Jerusalem and created what is dubed today "an illegal outpost" on the Gaza beach, among on ruins of an old Egyptian army base -deserted since the 67 war - not far from the well established settlement of Neve Dkalim in the center of Gush Katif - the Israeli settlement block inside the Gaza strip. between Shirat Hayam and Neve Dkalim is the Palestinian Mawasii area.

Over time the small settlement of Shirat Hayam grow with more families and the government had recognized it, allocating soldiers to guard it and connected it to utilities.

Shirat Hayam in Hebrew means "Song of the sea" – a prayer celebrating the escape of the ancient Hebrews from slavery Egypt. In Purim, the festival of costumes, Dror (Hebrew for Liberty) Osant and Oz daughter had a "Song of the sea" costume. 2 Years old, Dror has no idea yet that she is at the epicenter of a place who will shape Israel and the middle east for years to come.

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