Dozens remain trapped under rubble after Israel’s attack on Beit Lahiya
I’ve finally reached the bomb site in Beit Lahiya town where the Israeli army attacked a residential square, killing more than 45 displaced Palestinians. The entire residential square has been turned upside down. In the debris, you can see remnants of food and personal properties.
There are more than 30 displaced Palestinians trapped under this rubble but there are no Civil Defence forces to rescue them as the Israeli army has forced them to evacuate to Gaza City.
‘Horrifying’ situation in north Gaza as Israeli siege, attacks continue
The past 24 hours in the northern parts of the Gaza Strip and Gaza City have been horrifying.
Israeli forces began by targeting at least five houses in Beit Lahiya, where at least dozens of Palestinians remain under the rubble till this point. They also targeted a UN shelter school, where at least nine Palestinians were killed, among them three journalists and a nine-year-old child.
All of this comes amid a 23-day blockade and siege of northern Gaza, where no food and water is entering. There is also a large number of people who are still trapped under the rubble and no one can reach the northern areas because of this siege on Beit Lahiya, Jabalia and Beit Hanoon.
It’s still escalating, and people are trying to reach out, crying, feeling that they’ve been abandoned, asking for food, water and medicine.
Israeli forces raid towns, cities in West Bank
Israeli soldiers stormed the UNRWA-operated Arroub refugee camp in the occupied West Bank tonight, firing tear gas and causing several people to choke, according to the Wafa news agency.
Israeli soldiers also stormed Jenin, raiding several shops and detaining several young men on Nazareth Street, Wafa reported. The soldiers were also accompanied by a military bulldozer, it added.
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic reported additional Israeli raids, in the city of Jericho, the town of Jifna near Ramallah, and in the city of Salfit.
