Eleven days ago, Israel began a bombing campaign targeting the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, which has been home to over one hundred thousand Palestinians. Footage that Israeli soldiers — seemingly proud of the destruction they have wrought — have shared online shows the scale of the horror, which has claimed the lives of over three hundred Gazans.
Bodies remain on the streets and Israel’s bombardment of every hospital in Gaza has left the wounded with little chance of survival. Palestinians who have survived the onslaught are being forcibly displaced; starvation and diseases, caused by Israel’s refusal to allow aid to enter the area since October 1, have become rampant.
For two weeks, Israel has effectively besieged northern Gaza, sealing it from Gaza City with a land, sea, and air blockade while Israel Defense Forces (IDF) armored vehicles, loaded with tons of explosives, have detonated entire homes and buildings where defenseless civilians are taking shelter.
“People in Jabalia are killed — both in groups, and one by one,” according to the testimony of a UN observer. Others have described the Israeli assault as a “death march.” Thousands have fled the camp since the bombing began, but with few places to go, people in the camp, fearing that death awaits them, have taken to sharing their final messages on social media.
“Enemy tanks are less than 700 meters away from us. The artillery is shelling us and the quadcopters are controlling the movement of people and firing at us. We are literally living our final moments, O Allah, grant us a good end,” Hossam Shabat, one of Gaza’s few surviving journalists, pleaded on Sunday.
On Israeli social media, videos and images of IDF soldiers celebrating the destruction are commonplace. In one, a soldier boasts that “WE WILL LEAVE THEM NOTHING” as a camera pans over the rubble of homes and shops before stopping at a digger in the midst of crushing an abandoned…
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Auteur: Seraj Assi
