Palestinians experiencing ‘nonstop state of displacement’
We have been hearing loud explosions of ongoing attacks across parts of Gaza City. Attacks are targeting two densely populated areas, Zeitoun and Shujayea.
More than half of the population in these areas has been pushed into forced displacement through new evacuation orders. People are experiencing a nonstop state of displacement across the Strip.
All of this is happening under an ongoing heavy bombardment campaign in northern Gaza.
What is also concerning is the use of explosive devices planted by the Israeli military in densely populated neighbourhoods. They are planted overnight under heavy coverage of quadcopters. In the early hours of this morning, many of these devices exploded and destroyed large parts of residential buildings.
The Israeli military has expanded its operations in the eastern part of Deir el-Balah city in central Gaza, pushing people out to the western part. People keep moving from one place to another, seeking safety, which does not exist right now.
Number of people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza jumps to 53,272
The Health Ministry in the besieged and bombarded territory says the bodies of 153 people killed in Israeli attacks arrived at hospitals across Gaza in the past 24 hours. This includes seven recovered from under the rubble following strikes in previous days, a statement on Telegram added.
Another 459 injuries were registered over the last 24-hour reporting period, the ministry said.
The figures bring the number of people killed in Gaza since the start of the war to 53,272, with 120,673 others wounded, according to the ministry.
New Israeli attacks flatten residential buildings
In the past few minutes, air strikes targeted a residential home in Deir el-Balah while people were still inside.
There were no immediate forced evacuation orders in that part of central Gaza. The residents of the area are moving away because of the intensity of the attacks, searching for shelter.
In Jabalia, three homes have been flattened by Israeli strikes. So far, emergency workers, paramedics and local volunteers have managed to recover four children’s bodies from one of the bombed buildings.
Sources say as many as 15 people are still buried and missing under the rubble of the bombed homes.
A boy holds the body of his younger sister, who was killed in an air attack
‘My wife and kids are still under there,’ man says after Jabalia attack
We’ve spoken to a Palestinian man whose wife and three children are under the rubble after an Israeli attack on their home in Jabalia in northern Gaza.
Hussein Odeh said the house was struck as he was standing in the street trying to find a driver who could help them leave the area. “My wife and kids are still under [the rubble] there – poor souls, still children, three years old, five years old, and nine years old,” he said.
Odeh said his daughter, sisters and mother were killed in a separate attack at the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza. “And now, again,” he said.
“I want to get them out, but I don’t know how. I’m in shock from what happened. My son just spoke to me from under the rubble. I just want someone to bring me back any memory of them … anything from my family.”
