‘The more we hear about a ceasefire, the more families are targeted, killed’
Things are getting out of control. People are keeping an eye on the developments in Doha about a potential ceasefire, but at the same time, people are dying by the hour. The more we hear about a potential ceasefire agreement, the higher the pace of the attacks, the more families are being targeted and killed.
Over the past 72 hours, more people have been targeted inside residential homes. This includes a family targeted in an overnight attack in Deir el-Balah. That attack was so loud that it shook the foundations of all the buildings in the surrounding area. I live far away from this area, but we could feel the intensity of the explosion and some of the debris and shrapnel fell in the yard we are staying at.
Similar things happened in Bureij refugee camp, where people at the entrance of the camp reported debris falling on their home as a result of an attack on a home further to the east.
This is the situation. The bombing campaign is killing more people, including women and children.
Displaced Palestinians left with burned tents after Israeli attack in Deir el-Balah
As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces have repeatedly hit residential areas in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah in recent days, including damaging tents housing displaced people.
Footage shared by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) captured the aftermath of one such attack on Tuesday and showed displaced Palestinians walking through charred tents to salvage what remained.
📍Deir al-Balah, #Gaza
Yesterday, an attack from Israeli Forces burned tents sheltering displaced people, causing extensive damage.
People in Gaza have been displaced over and over again for 15 months.
They search for safety that does not exist: no place is safe in Gaza, no one… pic.twitter.com/a1ck3jjVXj
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) January 15, 2025
Two Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli air attacks on Gaza
Two more journalists have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, bringing the total number of Palestinian media workers killed in the 15-month war to at least 206.
Aqel Saleh was killed in an Israeli air attack that targeted a group of people in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City, local sources told Al Jazeera. Journalist Ahmed Abu Alrous and three other people were killed in Nuseirat in central Gaza when an Israeli air attack hit his vehicle.
Israeli attacks have now killed 59 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn.
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