Several killed in airstrikes in central Gaza, hours before Israel-Hamas war entered its 100th day

(14 Jan 2024)
RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY:

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Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip – 14 January 2024
1. Various of destroyed buildings, some hit by Israeli airstrikes Saturday overnight
2. Various of resident Ahamd al-Ostaz and others digging through the debris and remains of his building with a shovel
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahamd al-Ostaz, resident of Deir al-Balah:
“A missile landed at our neighbors but didn’t detonate. The missile came like this, almost vertically and there it is on the other street. We go out, we see our neighbor has two martyrs. We picked up things with him and helped him a bit, then a drone hit another missile. We didn’t have time to get to the other street before a third missile hit. And as you see, this is the situation: destruction after destruction. You’re sitting happily and safely at your home, with everything secured with your children, and the children of other displaced people, and then within seconds you lose everything.”
4. Various of unexploded missile
5. Various of men performing funeral prayers next top dead bodies near Al Aqsa hospital
6. Men putting dead bodies on the back of a truck and leaving
7. Various of men praying next to other dead bodies outside the hospital
8. Men carrying dead body of a man into the morgue
STORYLINE:
Several Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza on Saturday overnight.

Ahamd al-Ostaz dug through the debris and remains of his building with a shovel, after Israeli strikes killed at least 15 people in Deir Al Balah.

The first missile landed by his neighbor’s house without detonating but killed two people, al-Ostaz said.

While they were helping him rummage through his debris, he said another missile from an Israeli drone hit nearby.

“We didn’t have time to get to the other street before a third missile hit, and as you can see this is the situation: destruction after destruction,” he said with a sigh.

At the entrance of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, men lined up to pray for the dead, their bodies wrapped in a white shroud. The bodies were put on the back of a pickup truck before they were taken to be buried.

The Israel-Hamas war has quickly shattered many records when it comes to the history of conflicts between the bitter enemies.

It’s the deadliest, the most destructive, and the longest. Israel has razed large swaths of the Gaza Strip, where researchers assess that nearly half of all buildings are likely damaged or destroyed.

Nearly 24,000 people in the Gaza Strip have been killed, which amounts to more than 1% of Gaza’s population.

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