Palestinians dig through rubble to find what’s left of homes – and loved ones
With the current lack of proper equipment to clear the rubble, many Palestinians are resorting to using their hands to search through what’s left of their properties.
“We’re in one of the areas that has been completely destroyed, and we have been seeing Palestinians trying to fix whatever they [can] fix, and trying to get back to their houses,” said Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from the Nuseirat refugee camp.
“We have been talking to Mahmoud, and he was telling us that he has been trying to fix his house and make a cover for the winter for the past four days.”
Mahmoud al-Abed was piling planks of steel and digging through the rubble outside his home. “I am trying to repair what I can repair. … I’m trying to fix whatever I can because the situation is very tough,” Al Abed told Al Jazeera. “We can’t stay like this, and winter is coming soon.”
Elsehwere, Mahmud Abu Nabhan has so far recovered seven members of his family from what’s left of their home. He’s continuing to search for his wife and children.
“This is our home. It was destroyed by the Israelis without warning. They bombed the house over the heads of the family,” he told Al Jazeera. “They dropped rockets and missiles, and they couldn’t get out. Innocent children and women – they are all right here under the rubble.”
Israeli military activity reported across Gaza, Palestinian wounded
A source at al-Awda Hospital has told Al Jazeera that a Palestinian was wounded by Israeli army bullets in the central Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military destroyed residential buildings southeast of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli artillery shelling was also reported in the eastern areas of Deir el-Balah.
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Three Palestinians, including child, wounded by Israel in southern Gaza
A child has been seriously wounded by Israeli fire northwest of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the enclave’s ambulance and emergency services.
Another two people were wounded in an Israeli air strike on a civilian vehicle in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, also in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Health Ministry says 93 Palestinians killed in Gaza since ceasefire
A total of 93 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the ceasefire came into effect on October 11, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. A further 324 people have been injured since, the ministry added.
In the last 48 hours, 19 people killed in Israeli attacks have arrived at Gaza hospitals, along with another seven who are injured. The ministry said that the toll of Israel’s two-year genocidal war has risen to 68,519 people killed and 170,382 people injured since October 7, 2023.
