The destruction followed an announcement from the Israeli military that its forces had expanded ground invasion in Gaza, following three weeks of intense bombardments in the wake of the October 7 operation by Hamas in southern Israel.
The intense bombardments "changed the landscape", Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defence says. / Photo: AP, much of Gaza has become an indistinguishable wasteland of rubble, with residents likening the devastation to that of a natural disaster.
The destruction followed an announcement from the Israeli military that its forces had expanded"operations" in Gaza, following three weeks of intense bombardments in the wake of the October 7 operation by Hamas in southern Israel. Just hours before Israel intensified its bombardment on Friday night, army spokesman Daniel Hagari accused Hamas fighters of waging war on Israel from Gaza's hospitals and using civilians as"human shields"."What happened in Shati is worse than an earthquake," camp resident Alaa Mahdi, 51, said."Who are they striking, the resistance? No, the poor people."
Amid the onslaught, taxi driver Jamal Abu Shaqfa, 50, left the Shati camp with his family in a bid to flee south. "If we weren't in need, we wouldn't have gone in. The whole world is against us," said one as he left the centre.
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