Witnesses reported very intense air strikes on the city on Wednesday as well as the presence of Israeli tanks and strong explosions in the districts of Tal al-Hawa and Zeitoun, where the army demolished houses.
According to the civil defense and medical sources, 75 Palestinians, including several children, were killed by Israeli bombings and fire, including 34 which expected humanitarian aid, and five members of the same family in an air bombardment on Khan Younès, in the south of the territory.
In the streets of Gaza City, Palestinian families flee again, luggage and mattress piled up on bikes or carts. “For several days, tanks have been progressing (…) in the southeast part of the Zeitoun district, destroying houses. Tank also advances in the southern part of Tal al-Hawa, “AFP Ahmed Abbas told AFP, a 46-year-old man whose house was destroyed in Tal al-Hawa.
“Continue massive mobilization against aggression, genocide and famine”
“The strikes are extremely intense. They have intensified and there have also been artillery fire since Sunday, “he added. “The explosions are massive, there are many air strikes (…) The tanks are still there and I saw dozens of civilians fleeing” to the west of the city, also testified Fatoum, a 51-year-old woman who lives with her husband and daughter in a tent in Tal al-Hawa.
In a statement published on Wednesday, Hamas called to “continue the massive mobilization against aggression, genocide and famine” in Gaza, with “walking days and anger against occupation and its support”, Friday, Saturday and Sunday before “the Zionist and American embassies” all over the world.
