(23 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
++PLEASE NOTE – CONTAINS FOOTAGE OF DEAD CHILDREN++
ASSOCIATE PRESS
Gaza City, Gaza Strip – 23 April 2025
1. Various of destruction in school after Israeli airstrike, smoke rising
2. Uncle carrying body of one of the killed twins, sitting near his brother carrying body of the other killed twin
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) no name given, aunt of Sana and Saba Abu Seif:
"At 1:30 the strike happened, we didn’t know how the rubble fell on the girls, and the girls started calling for their father, ‘Dad, catch me, I am under the wall.’ We pulled them out and the two girls were martyred. They hit the house, on us, and no resistance or weapons, just little girls, five-year-old twins, what did these little girls do? We are civilians, what did we do?"
4. Brother of killed twins crying
5. Various of mother and grandmother mourning the killed twins
6. Burned tent
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Somaia Al-Semri, displaced resident:
"We only heard a loud bang, an explosion, we all lay on the ground, my husband told me to lie down, and the children were on top of me, I couldn’t open the front door, I couldn’t see, I opened the zipper, I found fire burning in my face, I went out screaming, I found the children and all the people running, I didn’t know what happened, I just saw the martyrs lying on the ground and the whole school burning."
8. Various of destruction
9. Sister of the killed twins crying
10. Various of uncles carrying bodies of the killed twins and leaving to bury them
STORYLINE:
An Israeli strike early Wednesday on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed 23 people, according to local health authorities.
The strike caused a fire that burned many tents sheltering displaced people inside the Jaffa school in the Tufah neighborhood.
Five-year-old twins, Sana and Saba Abu Seif were among those killed.
Their aunt told The Associated Press that rubble had fallen on the girls. "What did these little girls do? We are civilians, what did we do?" she said.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which says it only targets militants and blames Hamas for civilian casualties because the militants are embedded in densely populated areas.
Israel’s offensive has killed over 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were fighters or civilians. Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.
The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251.
The militants still have 59 hostages, 24 of whom are believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.
Production by: Wafaa Shurafa
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