Paramedic recounts being directly targeted while rescuing wounded in Gaza City
Paramedic Noah Al-Shagnoubi has spoken about the moment he was directly targeted while trying to rescue people injured in the bombing of a house on Eighth Street in southern Gaza City.
After being injured on Monday, Al-Shagnoubi said in a video shared by an activist on Instagram: “I went to the place and found the stairs hit and found a martyr in pieces. I left him and kept running towards the voice of the lady upstairs. Next to the lady, I found two children, an old man and a child martyr.”
“I went to rescue the lady and started shouting for someone to help me,” he added. “Suddenly, I saw a green light directed at me. I fell to the ground and woke up to find myself bleeding. I woke up and kept crawling, found a living child, took him and jumped with him from the second floor.”
He continued: “What made me jump from the floor was that they threw another shell at me. The woman stayed alive, and there was also a girl injured on her legs but she is OK. I appeal to the Red Cross and anyone who can help them.”
Footage shows aftermath of deadly Israeli attack in Gaza City
Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking unit captures the chaotic aftermath of a recent Israeli attack in central Gaza City.
A crowd gathers in the street as a small group carries a man’s limp body into a vehicle, rushing him to medical care. The street is filled with a thick, flowing stream of blood, forcing people to step around it.
According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli forces have carried out two recent attacks on Gaza City – one targeting the Sabra area, as we reported earlier, and another striking a residential building in the centre of the city.
Wafa said the attacks have killed at least seven people.
Israeli bombardment of Gaza City ‘intensifying’: Civil Defence spokesman
Gaza’s Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal has said Israeli air raids on Gaza City have been intensifying for three days in a row.
“For the third consecutive day, the Israeli occupation is intensifying its bombardment,” Basal was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
“The Israeli occupation is using all types of weapons in that area – bombs, drones and also highly explosive munitions that cause massive destruction to civilian homes,” he added.
The escalation comes four days after Israel’s government approved a plan to seize Gaza City. Israeli PM Netanyahu has not provided a clear timetable for that operation, but during a news conference on Sunday, he said it would happen “fairly quickly”.
