(18 Mar 2025)
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Jabaliya, Gaza Strip – 18 March 2025
1. Various of destruction
2. People digging in rubble looking for victims
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fahmi Mohammad, Jabaliya resident:
"I wish they were missiles, they were (explosive) barrels, the hole is ten meters deep here, we were terrified, our houses were destroyed, and ten of my cousins were martyred."
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Souad Hamdan, Gaza Strip resident:
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"We were sleeping in our beds in safety and we were about to get up for suhoor (pre-dawn meal eaten in the fasting month of Ramadan). Then we suddenly felt nothing but hits and strikes. And the Jews (referring to the Israelis) were hitting us and killing us (inaudible). We have sick and ill people (in the family). Where do we take them? Where on earth? Where do we flee? We don’t know what to do. We can’t control the situation any longer. We are very exhausted. My son is very sick, God knows his condition. I swear we hardly managed to leave."
5. Various of trucks carrying people and their belongings
STORYLINE:
Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was hitting Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect in January.
The strikes killed more than 400 people and wounded over 500, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement.
Officials said the operation was open-ended and was expected to expand.
The White House said it had been consulted and voiced support for Israel’s actions.
Hamas warned that Israel’s new airstrikes breached their ceasefire and put the fate of hostages in jeopardy.
The surprise attack shattered a period of relative calm during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and raised the prospect of a full return to fighting in a 17-month war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused widespread destruction across Gaza.
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