{"id":32020,"date":"2024-06-22T19:01:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T23:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/palestinians-reel-from-repeated-strikes-on-humanitarian-zones\/22\/06\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T19:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T23:01:28","slug":"palestinians-reel-from-repeated-strikes-on-humanitarian-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/palestinians-reel-from-repeated-strikes-on-humanitarian-zones\/22\/06\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinians reel from repeated strikes on &#8216;humanitarian zones&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The cuts on her feet from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/israel-hostage-rescue-what-we-know-rcna156937\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a strike she survived two weeks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a strike she survived two weeks <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/israel-hostage-rescue-what-we-know-rcna156937\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:earlier;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">earlier<\/a> had yet to heal, Asma Al-Sarafendi said, before more shrapnel embedded itself into the flesh of her leg during a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-safe-zones-exclusive-nbc-report-rcna148008\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:strike this week on a designated humanitarian zone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> strike this week on a designated humanitarian zone<\/a> in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Wednesday strike on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/displaced-gazans-describe-life-inside-al-mawasi-as-israel-orders-evacuations-199981125508\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Al-Mawasi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Al-Mawasi<\/a> began just after midnight, Al-Sarafendi said, as she was sleeping with her husband and five children \u2014 Mouna, Shorouq, Layla, Asaad and Mhamad. They were awoken by aircraft overhead before flames engulfed the area around their tent, she told an NBC News crew in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople screaming, people on fire, men taking the children outside,\u201d Al-Sarafendi said, describing the moments that followed. \u201cWe were all injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She and one daughter suffered shrapnel wounds, while another\u2019s scarf melted onto her skin, Al-Sarafendi said. Her husband, Abu Mustapha Al-Sarafendi, took their son and another daughter to the hospital with burns and shrapnel wounds, she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have any news about them,\u201d Al-Sarafendi said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 640px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/H.h6Ks7c_vIcluBGnLs98w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_news_122\/c0c2b0f690b377ae170ddbf0e8592f20\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gaza al-mawasi camp strike (NBC News)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/UoTwcJV7jkVAaapPuDsaNw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_news_122\/c0c2b0f690b377ae170ddbf0e8592f20\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Gaza al-mawasi camp strike (NBC News)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-safe-zones-exclusive-nbc-report-rcna148008\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Israel Defense Forces have repeatedly struck;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Israel Defense Forces have repeatedly struck<\/a> Al-Mawasi \u2014 an inhospitable patch of land north of Rafah that has expanded into a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/displaced-gazans-describe-life-inside-al-mawasi-as-israel-orders-evacuations-199981125508\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:crowded tent city;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> crowded tent city<\/a> \u2014 despite having designated it a safe humanitarian zone. An investigation by NBC News into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-safe-zones-exclusive-nbc-report-rcna148008\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:seven deadly airstrikes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">seven deadly airstrikes<\/a> found Palestinians were killed in areas of southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/gaza-strip-controls-s-know-rcna119405\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Gaza<\/a> that the Israeli military had explicitly designated as safe zones, including Al-Mawasi. In May, 21 people were killed in a strike on the camp, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/israeli-forces-press-rafah-offensive-despite-global-outcry-2024-05-28\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reuters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reuters<\/a>, an attack the Israeli military denied.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF did not respond to a request for comment from NBC News to confirm it had attacked the area in Al-Mawasi on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, another round of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/least-25-killed-50-wounded-israeli-strikes-tent-camps-rafah-gaza-healt-rcna158391\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:blasts at Al-Mawasi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> blasts at Al-Mawasi<\/a> killed at least 25 and injured 50, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The International Committee of the Red Cross, a humanitarian organization, said strikes hit within yards of its offices and residences, which are surrounded by hundreds of displaced people in tents. \u201cFiring so dangerously close to humanitarian structures puts the lives of civilians and humanitarians at risk,\u201d the ICRC <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ICRC_ilot\/status\/1804248789647028667\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said that \u201cthere is no indication that a strike was carried out by the IDF\u201d inside the humanitarian zone, referring to Friday\u2019s incident, adding that it was under review. According to The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/least-25-killed-50-wounded-israeli-strikes-tent-camps-rafah-gaza-healt-rcna158391\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Associated Press;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Associated Press<\/a>, the locations of the blasts provided by the Civil Defense in Gaza and the Red Cross hospital appear to be just outside Al-Mawasi\u2019s designated humanitarian zone.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses interviewed by NBC News\u2019 crew in Gaza after the attack on Wednesday said shots were fired from an aircraft into the camp between 12:30 a.m and 1:00 a.m. Then, about five minutes later, came a missile or bomb, which sent shrapnel scattering and ignited fires in the camp.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 640px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/LIiVSnhSbAyzcQYWfHMrhA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_news_122\/421050d7da5aca4934248ef9e72927f2\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Asma Al Sarafendi speaks to an NBC News crew after an Israeli strike in Al-Mawasi early Wednesday.  (NBC News)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/MQgmCxRs0Pgn.KDO3jMLmw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_news_122\/421050d7da5aca4934248ef9e72927f2\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Asma Al Sarafendi speaks to an NBC News crew after an Israeli strike in Al-Mawasi early Wednesday.  (NBC News)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/MQgmCxRs0Pgn.KDO3jMLmw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_news_122\/421050d7da5aca4934248ef9e72927f2\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Asma Al Sarafendi speaks to an NBC News crew after an Israeli strike in Al-Mawasi early Wednesday. (NBC News)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For Al-Sarafendi, her accounting of the damage and injuries stretched from the chaos of Wednesday night back to the attacks that had pushed her family into Al-Mawasi in the first place, as the grinding regularity of one violent assault bled into the other.<\/p>\n<p>On June 8, Al-Sarafendi, who is originally from Rafah, was sheltering in Nuseirat, in central Gaza, when Israeli forces conducted an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/idf-rescues-four-hostages-gaza-rcna156160\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:operation to rescue four hostages;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">operation to rescue four hostages<\/a>, killing at least 270 people, according to Palestinian health authorities. Hundreds more were injured, including Al-Sarafendi. While Palestinian officials do not distinguish between civilians and fighters when reporting casualty figures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/gaza-children-killed-israel-hostage-raid-idf-hamas-war-palestinians-rcna157777\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:64 children;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">64 children<\/a> were reported to have died in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The family then walked from Nuseirat to Al-Mawasi, where her brother had carved out a space for her family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the humanitarian region they asked us to take refuge in,\u201d Al-Sarafendi said in tears. \u201cMy brother saw me, he couldn\u2019t believe I am alive. &#8230; He kissed my feet, hugging me and saying, \u2018Thanks to Allah you\u2019re safe.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the war, Al-Mawasi was a tiny fishing village on Gaza\u2019s Mediterranean coast. The village has grown into a densely populated tent city since the start of the war, becoming more crowded as some of the more than 1 million people who were sheltering in nearby Rafah fled the ground invasion that began there last month.<\/p>\n<p>According to WAFA, the Palestinian news agency, at least seven people were killed in Wednesday\u2019s strike and dozens more injured. Video filmed by rescuers and obtained by NBC News showed several people, apparently dead, blood pouring from their mouths, being pulled from a warehouse as it was engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>At a makeshift morgue, Amu Mhamed Abu Amara mourned over her relatives, including her niece Mariam Mhamed Slimane Abu Amra, whose unborn child, Abu Amara told the NBC News crew, had died with her in the attack.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 640px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/wGPIGASXzLqom868c.Ggqw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_news_122\/17e49f698bd4c31802ad93d1b34d02f1\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Amu Amara mourns the death of her pregnant niece following airstrikes in Al-Mawasi.  (NBC News)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/21PsHqfA.IMM5EelYg1CEg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_news_122\/17e49f698bd4c31802ad93d1b34d02f1\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amu Amara mourns the death of her pregnant niece following airstrikes in Al-Mawasi.  (NBC News)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/21PsHqfA.IMM5EelYg1CEg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nbc_news_122\/17e49f698bd4c31802ad93d1b34d02f1\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Amu Amara mourns the death of her pregnant niece following airstrikes in Al-Mawasi. (NBC News)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe had a baby in her belly, she was pregnant,\u201d Abu Amara said. \u201cWe were safe in Rafah, and here we are displaced and our houses are gone, our children are gone, there\u2019s no safe place in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another woman assessed the charred remains of her tent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKill us in one hit and let\u2019s end it,\u201d she told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/palestinians-reel-repeated-strikes-humanitarian-zones-rcna158126\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBCNews.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NBCNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/palestinians-reel-repeated-strikes-humanitarian-203730493.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cuts on her feet from a strike she survived two weeks earlier had yet to heal, Asma Al-Sarafendi said, before more<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/palestinians-reel-from-repeated-strikes-on-humanitarian-zones\/22\/06\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}