{"id":18856,"date":"2024-03-06T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T09:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=18856"},"modified":"2024-03-06T09:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T09:54:04","slug":"israel-bombs-mosque-hitting-families-sheltering-nearby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/03\/israel-bombs-mosque-hitting-families-sheltering-nearby\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel bombs mosque, hitting families sheltering nearby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deir el-Balah, Gaza – At dawn on Saturday, Israeli aircraft bombed a mosque next to makeshift tents housing displaced people in the city of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bombing resulted in the killing of a young woman and left 20 others injured. They were transferred to the city\u2019s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.<\/p>\n

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Gaza\u2019s government media office says Israeli forces killed 30 people in a supposedly \u201csafe area” in the central part of the territory on Saturday.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe occupation army targeted the safe homes of citizens with direct bombardment from military jets. It also bombed a mosque in the same area, which led to the killing of many people,\u201d the office said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for this heinous massacre and the ongoing massacres against our Palestinian people. We also blame the international community and American administration and President Biden personally for the continuation of massacres and crimes in violation of international law and all international treaties and conventions,\u201d the media office said.<\/p>\n

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[Abdelhakim Abu Riash\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The 33-year-old woman, Walaa Saada, was known for her community and humanitarian efforts during the war. She was killed in her tent while she was sleeping next to her mother, Yosra Abu Saada, who was injured in the attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cMy daughter Walaa and I had dinner together before I went to bed.\u201d Yosra told Al Jazeera. \u201cWalaa stayed awake working on some lists of displaced people in need on her laptop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suddenly, Yosra woke up to piles of stones raining down on her from the bombing, while dust covered their surroundings and their tent collapsed on them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not realise what was happening around me. I thought I was dreaming, but I controlled myself and started calling my daughter Walaa, but she did not answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople and paramedics rushed to our aid. I was desperately calling out for Walaa until I saw her lifeless body lying on the ground, soaked in her own blood,\u201d Yosra said while crying.<\/p>\n

In a nearby tent, 60-year-old Mahmoud Saadeh and his family were asleep before finding themselves thrown to the ground by the explosion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up and found myself far away [from our tent] with my family members. Everyone was screaming and the children were screaming,\u201d Mahmoud says. \u201cThe mosque\u2019s rubble had flattened our tents completely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suffering severe chest injuries, Mahmoud received limited medical attention at the hospital due to shortages of supplies and resources. \u201cThe medical staff were overwhelmed. Some nurses attended to us with what little they had. But resources were scarce, so we left.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you can see, our tents were completely burned and we lost all of our things that we fled with from one area to another. Now, we do not know where we will go.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The displaced in Deir el-Balah have come from all over Gaza, forced to flee under Israeli attack.<\/p>\n

The Gaza Health Ministry reports that more than 30,000 people have been killed in Israel\u2019s war on Gaza, and international condemnation of Israel\u2019s targeting of civilian areas has been growing as the war persists.<\/p>\n

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[Abdelhakim Abu Riash\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At least 30,631 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and more than 72,043 others injured amid tremendous destruction and shortages of necessities.<\/p>\n

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Beyond the reported dead and injured, thousands more Palestinians are missing from Gaza, believed to be under the rubble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Every hour in Gaza 15 people are killed – six are children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the UN\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Palestinian government as of February 25, Israeli attacks have damaged more than half of Gaza\u2019s homes – 360,000 residential units have been destroyed or damaged.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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SOURCE: AL JAZEERA<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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