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Nov
09
2023
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and MAYTAAL ANGEL
Thousands of civilians flee north Gaza as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters battle

Thousands of civilians flee north Gaza as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters battle

WORLD
THOUSANDS of Palestinian civilians trudged in a forlorn procession out of the north of Gaza seeking refuge from Israeli air strikes and fierce ground fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants. The exodus took place in a four-hour window of opportunity announced by Israel, which has told residents to evacuate the north encircled by its armoured forces or risk being trapped in the violence. But the central and southern parts of the small, besieged Palestinian enclave also came under fire again as the war between its Islamist Hamas rulers and Israel entered its second month. Palestinian health officials said an air strike…
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Nov
08
2023
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
Gaza’s main hospital becomes teeming camp for displaced people

Gaza’s main hospital becomes teeming camp for displaced people

WORLD
CRAMMED under makeshift canvas shelters in the car park, sleeping in corridors or on landings, passing the hours of the day in stairwells, hanging laundry on the roof - thousands of displaced Gazans are filling every space at Al Shifa Hospital. The main hospital in Gaza City has turned into a giant refuge for people whose homes have been bombarded, or who fear that they will be, in Israel's military assault on the Gaza Strip, which is entering its second month. "We ran from our house because of the heavy air strikes," said Um Haitham Hejela, a woman sheltering with…
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Oct
31
2023
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and HENRIETTE CHACAR
Israeli forces attack north Gaza’s main city from both sides

Israeli forces attack north Gaza’s main city from both sides

WORLD
ISRAELI troops and tanks attacked Gaza's main northern city from both sides, three days after they began a major ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave that has stirred more international appeals for civilians to be protected. Israel's military said it had struck more than 600 militant targets over the past few days as it expanded ground operations in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian civilians are in dire need of fuel, food and clean water as the war enters its fourth week. Islamist militants said they had repelled an attempted thrust from Israeli tanks into Gaza City from the east and…
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Oct
18
2023
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
Gaza families ordered south return home, say nowhere is safe from Israeli bombs

Gaza families ordered south return home, say nowhere is safe from Israeli bombs

WORLD
THE Abu Marasa family are returning to Gaza City, having fled after Israel ordered all civilians to go south or face bombardment, saying they would rather die at home after an air strike hit the house next to where they were sheltering. Bombing in the south of the tiny, crowded Gaza Strip killed scores of people overnight, local authorities said, and the Abu Marasa family is one of several Reuters spoke to that have concluded they may as well go back to their homes in the north. More than a dozen members of the family were crowded into a car on…
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May
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices

Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices

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ISRAEL destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media offices, saying the building was also used by the Islamist militant group Hamas. The al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, which also houses Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera and other offices and apartments, had been evacuated after the owner received advanced warning of the strike. A Palestinian journalist was wounded in the strike, Palestinian media reported, and debris and shrapnel flew dozens of yards away. The Israeli military said its fighter jets struck a multi-storey building "which contained military assets belonging to the intelligence offices…
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May
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Gaza girl survives Israeli strike that shattered her family and home

Gaza girl survives Israeli strike that shattered her family and home

WORLD
NIDAL al-MUGHRABI  SIX-year-old Suzy Eshkuntana woke up alone in Gaza's largest hospital where she was rushed by rescuers from the rubble of her home, which had been wrecked by a pre-dawn Israeli strike that killed her mother and all four of her siblings. The young girl, trapped for seven hours under the debris, was reunited in Shifa hospital with her father, who was also being treated for his wounds. Rescuers carry Suzy Eshkuntana as they pull her from the rubble of a building. "Forgive me, my daughter. You screamed to me to come to you, but I couldn't come," Riyad…
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