As Israel’s aggression expands in Deir el-Balah , civilian casualties are mounting amid the bombardment of residential houses.
At the very least 18 civilians had been killed in an Israeli air strike that bombed a home within the Nuseirat refugee camp positioned within the central Gaza Strip on Friday night. Journalist Mohammad Khalifa, 36, was amongst those that had been killed, alongside along with his spouse and three kids. Dozens of civilians had been injured.
This incident took the loss of life toll of journalists killed in the course of the ongoing battle in Gaza to 99, in keeping with the Authorities Media Workplace. Israel’s struggle on Gaza has been the deadliest conflict on report for journalists, in keeping with the New York-headquartered Committee to Shield Journalists. CPJ put the loss of life toll of journalists killed within the present struggle at a minimal of 69 in Gaza, as of December 23.
Mohammad Khalifa’s 65-year-old father recounted Friday’s bombing to Al Jazeera. The household, he mentioned, was inside their dwelling, making ready to sleep when the assault occurred. “We had been sitting quietly and making ready ourselves for sleep. The home and everybody in it had been bombed,” he mentioned. “My eldest son was killed whereas he was working as a journalist, alongside along with his kids, and all that survived was a toddler who was one and a half years outdated”.
The daddy mentioned there have been about 50 individuals in the home, together with relations and mates displaced from the north. “We’re peaceable individuals, we’ve got no political affiliation. There isn’t any safety or any protected place in all the Gaza Strip.”