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SvennoJ on 21 October 2024
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Gaza woman rescued after trapped under rubble for 5 days

A Palestinian Civil Defence team has rescued a woman in Tal al-Hawa, a neighbourhood of Gaza City, five days after her house was bombed.

Rescue teams posted a video on Telegram showing a Palestinian woman from the Habib family being pulled out from under the rubble of her house, which was bombed by Israeli forces.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBY3qYZsYt1


Video shows girl carrying wounded sister in Gaza

Footage verified by Al Jazeera shows a barefoot girl carrying her sister who was injured in a traffic accident on her back in Gaza City.

Photojournalist Alaa Hamouda captured parts of the girls’ arduous journey, posted them on his Instagram account and gave them a ride in his car to Bureij refugee camp.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBYDh39NHxF

Translation of the dialogue between the girls and the journalist:

Journalist: How are you?
Girl: I’m fine.
Journalist: Why are you carrying your sibling?
Girl: Her leg was injured in a car accident.
Journalist: Where are you taking her?
Girl: I am headed to our shed [tent]. 
Journalist: Are you tired of carrying her?
Girl: [nods yes] – Very tired. I have been carrying her for an hour and cannot walk any longer.
Journalist: What is your destination?
Girl: Bureij refugee camp
Journalist: Bureij
Girl: Yes
Journalist: Come on, I will give you a ride there. – Hop in. I will give you a ride. – [Talking to the injured girl]: Do you love your sister? She has been carrying you.
Sister: [nods yes]


‘No proper medical care to save lives in Gaza’

There’s no proper medical care to save lives here in Gaza. The carnage created by Israeli attacks has made conditions difficult for everyone, including paramedics.

This school in Jabalia came under heavy artillery shelling for close to half an hour. These classrooms were shelter to so many people for a year. Now, footage we looked at of the shelter shows horrific scenes inside the school. There were people on the ground severely bleeding. You could also see some bodies there.

At least 10 people, including children, are reported to have been killed by this Israeli attack. Paramedics couldn’t get there for about 30 minutes because of the rubble, and that made it very difficult for those who were wounded.


Israel rejects UN’s request to access Jabalia

Gabriel Elizondo, Al Jazeera’s correspondent at the United Nations, is reporting that a request by the world body to access Jabalia in northern Gaza has been rejected by Israel for the fourth time.

“UN says urgent request to allow access to Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza to help rescue people trapped under the rubble has been denied by Israel for the fourth consecutive day,” he said in a post on X.

“A separate request to deliver food, water and fuel was also denied by Israel.”

Northern Gaza has been under an Israeli army siege for 17 days now. At least 18 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp as the forced expulsion by troops in the north continues.


‘Utter devastation’ as Gaza City in ruins

Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has shared photos from Gaza City showing the scale of the destruction caused by Israel’s bombardment.

Egeland said NRC staff who visited the city spoke to residents who had fled northern Gaza, which has been under siege by Israeli forces.

“Testimonies they heard from people there included elderly parents unable to reach the bodies of their dead children for burial, of the sick & desperate with zero access to essential medicine, & of people now destitute having spent entire life savings just trying to survive,” he said.