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Jabalia resident: ‘The destruction cannot be counted’
Palestinian woman Asma al-Masri spoke to Al Jazeera about the state of destruction of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, as Israeli forces end their 20-day military operation there.
“I returned to Jabalia camp to get food and the special needs of four disabled people I have at home … we now live in a shelter school in Beit Lahiya,” al-Masri said. “There is no longer Jabalia camp, there are no schools and hospitals, the scale of destruction is so great that no one imagines, and the destruction cannot be counted,” she said.
“We, the people of Gaza, have a strong determination, Gaza will return better than before.”
‘The devastation is colossal’: Jabalia in ruins after Israeli withdrawal
The scene in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp is one of total destruction after Israeli troops withdrew to the east after 20 days of military operations.
Residents in Jabalia spoke of their shock and loss after seeing the extensive damage of their homes and public infrastructure. Video shows decomposing bodies on the streets after the Israeli army bulldozed a makeshift graveyard in the al-Faluja area and scattered the corpses.
“The devastation is colossal. The destruction is massive, beyond description. No words can describe the scale of the damage. The entire area is unlivable – a ghost city. In addition, there is no food or water,” one man from Jabalia told Al Jazeera.
“I don’t know where the displaced will go. There are no places now for people in northern Gaza.”
Exactly as planned....
Desperation grows in central Gaza as supplies run out
Palestinians here have little hope left. Imagine being displaced seven or eight times since the war began and trying to save your children from air strikes each day and to find them food and water.
We’re at the al-Aqsa Hospital and we’ve seen three cases of malnourished children today. No medical supplies have entered the Gaza Strip for three weeks now. The healthcare system is collapsing.
People don’t know where to go. They’re even putting their tents up on sidewalks – any open space. All they want to do is prevent being targeted by Israeli fire. Every day, we talk to people to hear their stories, and every day, they are sadder and harder to listen to.
Qassam Brigades claims attacks in northern Beit Lahiya, southern Rafah
The armed wing of Hamas reported a string of attacks on invading Israeli ground forces across Gaza in the past few hours.
In Rafah, in the south, Qassam Brigades said its fighters hit three Merkava tanks of the Israeli army with Yassin-105 rockets in Yibna, and used mortar rounds to target advancing troops in Tal Zorob.
In Beit Lahiya, in the north, the group claimed two attacks on Israeli tanks using anti-armour shells, and said its fighters “confronted” a helicopter and also fired mortars at soldiers.
Earlier, Hamas said it launched a rocket volley at Kibbutz Nirim in the northwestern Negev desert in Israel.
PIJ releases video of captive held in Gaza
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has released a roughly three-minute video that shows Israeli-Russian captive Alexander Trufanov criticising Israeli officials for failing to bring back those still held in Gaza.
Sitting on a chair in front of a green screen, he can be seen saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others prefer to bring back the captives as “corpses” as this option would be easier than striking an exchange agreement.
Trufanov also briefly refers to the closure of Al Jazeera offices inside Israel, indicating that the footage was filmed within the last month.
The PIJ had earlier this week released a shorter version of the clip. Palestinian groups have released many such videos since the start of the war to pressure Israel into agreeing to a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement.
