Occupied Jerusalem - SANA
The continuous Israeli aggression for the ninth day on the besieged Gaza Strip has so far resulted in the death of 213 Palestinians, including 61 children, and 1442 injuries according to Palestinian medical sources. It also caused the displacement of more than 52 thousand and destroyed and caused major damage to 7,500 homes, buildings and facilities.
Jens Larkeh, spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs “OCHA”, explained in press statements that 47,000 displaced persons have taken refuge in 58 schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), pointing out that the Israeli attacks destroyed hundreds of homes, buildings and facilities, in whole or in part, among them. Six hospitals and nine healthcare centers.
Painful and shocking conversations narrated by survivors of death after they were heavily bombed by the Israeli warplanes and missiles in several areas in the Gaza Strip, where Saeed Abu Frayeh from Umm Al-Nasr village in the northern Gaza Strip talks to a SANA reporter about the moments of panic that he and his neighbors lived, saying: The occupation bombed heavily and indiscriminately dozens of homes in The village and smoke and fire rose from everywhere, the screams of children and women inside the houses, and the result was that martyrs rose and many people were injured everywhere.
Abu Frayeh added: Faced with the intensity of the brutal bombardment, we left our homes with the advent of the evening hours on a journey of death as the occupation planes bombed everywhere until we arrived at the UNRWA Jabalia School in the northern Gaza Strip on foot, with me, my children and hundreds of families, and we are currently living in tragic conditions inside these schools. .
For his part, Salem Abu Akl, 75 years old, from Beit Hanoun, narrates the moments of death that he and his family of 10 passed through, and they escaped death. Rockets and missiles surrounded us, white smoke mixed with a foul smell wrapped around the area in our surroundings, we got out of our homes in order to stay alive We traveled long distances on foot, accompanied by bombing that did not stop until we reached the UNRWA schools in Jabalia.
Abu Aql pointed out that the homeless in UNRWA schools suffer tragic conditions, as the number of families is in the hundreds, and there are no basic necessities for life, such as water, electricity, etc., and everyone is living the nightmare of displacement and displacement, stressing that no matter how escalated the occupation crimes, it will not undermine the determination of the Palestinians and their steadfastness on their land and their adherence to their rights.
Human rights researcher Samir Zaqout stated that the Israeli aggression caused the displacement of 52,000 Palestinians, most of whom sought refuge in UNRWA schools in various parts of the Strip in a large mass exodus wave despite the serious health of this in light of the spread of the Corona epidemic and the recording of more injuries, while the other part resorted to their relatives on the outskirts. Sector.
Zaqout pointed out that the displaced from their homes suffer from difficult conditions, as many families live in one room and lack the basic necessities of life, denouncing the international community's disregard for the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and its inability even to provide them with urgent aid.
Hashem Abu Hashem, the supervisor of the Beit Lahia Shamaa Care Center in the Gaza Strip, explained that the occupation bombed the only center that provides screening and vaccination services to combat the Corona virus that is spreading in the Gaza Strip, which will lead to health disasters, pointing out that there are grave risks of overcrowding for the homeless in schools and the possibility of an epidemic in their ranks. This will expose their lives to severe danger, which requires international organizations, especially the World Health Organization, to pay attention to this disaster.
President of the International Organization for Supporting the Rights of the Palestinian People, Salah Abd Al-Ati, indicated that the continuous Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip caused, according to preliminary statistics, the complete destruction of 1,025 residential buildings, massive damage to about 6,500 homes, commercial and industrial establishments, 36 schools, and massive destruction of infrastructure, including streets, sanitation and electricity.
Muhammad Abu Shabab