mille morti in due settimane. nella striscia di gaza, israele bombarda, sfolla, e prende di mira gli operatori sanitari

Martina Stefanoni
da Radio Popolare

In nemmeno due settimane di ripresa dei bombardamenti israeliani sulla striscia di Gaza, sono state uccise mille persone. I bombardamenti sono stati costanti e inarrestabili, proseguiti anche durante l’Eid al-Fitr, la festa per la fine del mese del Ramadan, una delle feste più importante e sentite per il mondo islamico.
Oggi, l’esercito israeliano va oltre, ordinando l’evacuazione della città di Rafah, nel sud della striscia di Gaza. Decine di migliaia di persone, per l’ennesima volta, hanno raccolto il poco che avevano, e a piedi o a bordo di mezzi di fortuna, hanno lasciato Rafah. Una città che durante i mesi di guerra è stata completamente rasa al suolo. Alla popolazione che durante il cessate il fuoco aveva provato a ristabilirsi lì, o che si trovavano lì nella speranza di passare il confine con l’Egitto nelle rare evacuazioni concesse, è stato ordinato di spostarsi ad Al Mawasi, una zona costiera che già era stata identificata come “zona umanitaria” dall’esercito israeliano, ma che è stata più e più volte bombardata. Al Mawasi è anche la zona dove secondo il piano israeliano per la rioccupazione di Gaza che era stato rivelato dal Financial Times negli scorsi giorni sarebbero stati confinati tutti i 2 milioni di Gazawi, prima di procedere all’espulsione.
In questi giorni di ripresa dei bombardamenti, le ong e le agenzie onu presenti nella striscia, hanno descritto una situazione umanitaria spaventosa, aggravata dal fatto che da un mese nella striscia non entra più niente: cibo, carburante, acqua, medicinali. Gli ospedali – ha detto l’Onu – sono tornati ad essere un campo di battaglia. Oggi Jonathan Whittall, il capo dell’agenzia Onu Ocha in Palestina, è tornato a parlare dei quindici paramedici palestinesi uccisi da israele. I quindici operatori sanitari sono stati uccisi una settimana fa, ma solo in questi giorni sono stati recuperati i corpi. Secondo l’ufficio per gli affari umanitari delle Nazioni Unite la Mezzaluna Rossa Palestinese e gli operatori della protezione civile erano in missione per salvare i colleghi che erano stati colpiti in precedenza nel corso della giornata, quando i loro veicoli chiaramente contrassegnati come sanitari sono finiti sotto il pesante fuoco israeliano.
Whittall, ha detto che i paramedici sono stati colpiti e uccisi uno per uno e i loro corpi sepolti in questa fossa comune.
“Li stiamo tirando fuori con le loro uniformi, con i guanti. Erano qui per salvare vite. Invece, sono finiti in una fossa comune”, ha detto Whittall. “Queste ambulanze sono state sepolte nella sabbia”. L’esercito ha ammesso di aver colpito le ambulanze perché – hanno fatto sapere – si muovevano in modo sospetto.
Secondo le Nazioni Unite, almeno 1.060 operatori sanitari sono stati uccisi nei diciotto mesi trascorsi da quando israele ha lanciato la sua offensiva a Gaza.

About 90 percent of Rafah has received forced evacuation orders to Al-Mawasi. This is a sandy stretch of land without necessities, such as water or electricity. Palestinians have already sought refuge there during the war.

At least 50,000 Palestinians currently reside in Rafah.

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Satellite images show Israeli forces intensifying demolitions in south Gaza

Satellite images show that the Israeli military has stepped up the destruction of homes and agricultural lands in the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza.

The images, taken between December 9 and January 1, show widespread demolition of buildings and structures and bulldozing of land and greenhouses in the area, which is located the Tal as-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah.

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A man retrieves burned bread from the debris in the aftermath of an Israeli air strike at the al-Mawasi camp near Khan Younis in southern Gaza on December 5, 2024 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

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A child’s doll lies among plastic debris and clothes in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike at the Al-Mawasi camp and Israel’s so-called “safe zone” near Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

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Israel’s attack on al-Mawasi 'humanitarian zone'

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A Palestinian man carries the body of someone killed in an Israeli strike on a tent cafe in the al-Mawasi ‘humanitarian zone’ in southern Gaza, on November 11, 2024 [Bashar Taleb/AFP]

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Israeli forces attacked tents in the al-Mawasi area of southern Gaza’s Khan Younis region. The Israeli military had designated this area as a humanitarian zone. There are thousands of Palestinians sheltering there.

Nine Palestinians were killed in the latest Israeli attack, among them women and children.

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Israeli military is blowing up residential buildings in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces are also bombing buildings in the al-Mawasi area, west of Rafah city.

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Survivors say Israel’s attack on al-Mawasi felt like an earthquake

“We were sitting about a kilometre from the bombing site. We were sleeping when five missiles rained down like a fire belt.”
“Afterward, the tents looked like they had been hit by an earthquake. The ground was turned upside down.”

“Everything fell on top of us. Our children were buried in the sand. We ran out screaming and we could only see their heads buried beneath the sand.”

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First-person account of surviving Israel’s bombing of al-Mawasi in Gaza

"I saw two colours – red and grey. Everything turned grey [from the dust] and there were red flames everywhere.

The sky was filled with screams, crying and the sound of ambulances.

I avoided looking at the injured. I try to treat my mind like a recorder and I’m trying not to record anything bad."

Continued at:

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/9/10/first-person-account-of-surviving-israels-bombing-of-al-mawasi-in-gaza

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People inspect the site of a bomb crater following Israeli strikes on a tent camp sheltering displaced people at the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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A Palestinian boy looks at the bomb crater following Israeli strikes on a tent camp sheltering displaced people at the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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#KhanYounis #SafeZone[sic] strike: 40 killed in Israeli attack on #AlMawasi, #Gaza officials say - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/khan-younis-israel-strike-al-mawasi-tent-camp-gaza-deaths-humanitarian-safe-zone
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Almost half of the population of Gaza is now staying in the al-Mawasi area. People mostly live in tents thinking this is a safe zone.

But they woke up to the sound of five huge air bombs that hit tents and killed many families.

Dozens are still missing and the civil defence have been digging with their bare hands to get the people out from under the rubble.

At least 40 people have been killed.

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Sehr viele Tote und Verletzte (viele davon Kinder) beim Angriff der israelischen Armee auf Flüchtlinge in der humanitären Zone #almawasi in die Zivilisten hin vertrieben worden sind.

Laut Armee wollte man einen hohen Hamaskommandeur treffen, aber ob der überhaupt vor Ort war ist zweifelhaft. #Gaza
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx0qdkn45eo

At least 12 Palestinians including children were killed in an air raid that hit a TENT full of displaced people in al-Mawasi, supposed 'safe zone', near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the Health Ministry says.

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Israeli warplanes bombed tents where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Several people were killed and injured in the attack.

A Palestinian mother has described the moment fire rained down on the tent where she and her family were sheltering, killing her husband and daughter.

“The tent caught fire on us. My daughter beside me was burned… I couldn’t help her.”

https://twitter.com/AJA_Palestine/status/1749597677774647621

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