The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary

This is a firsthand account of civilian experiences during the invasion of Gaza in 2014. I've seen a few reviews complaining that the book doesn't touch much on the political aspects of what was going on, but that's not really what this book is about. It's about the capricious nature of war from a civilian point of view: people leaving their homes in a high-risk zone only to be killed in their “refuge” while their home stood untouched, trying to keep your fridge stocked during rolling blackouts, everyone in a cafe speculating over whether a truce will hold, kids trying to emotionally blackmail their mom into letting them go to an internet cafe with a generator, the games the author plays in his head while trying to get home on what would convince drone operators that he isn't a threat.