** Gazans have no means to rescue bodies from under the rubble of flattened buildings. Victims are left to die trapped under tons of dirt, making diseases practically inevitable. **
GAZA, 4 Dec 2023
Out of Gaza’s 2.3 million people, 1.73 million are now displaced…
20,030 civilians killed
8,176 children have been killed
4,112 women have been killed
7,000 people remain unaccounted for, including more than 4,700 children
Drone footage captured the wide-scale destruction of Gaza City. The territory’s northern population was advised by Israeli authorities to evacuate south as Israel waged war. Israel recently indicated the military operation may move south.
Palestinians react to the devastation caused by an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 11 Nov 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Children collect any available wood to burn in the absence of gas as Palestinians continue to live under extreme conditions amid humanitarian pause in Khan Yunis, Gaza on 29 Nov 2023. Photo: Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images
Photo: Elise Swain/The Intercept
Palestinians in Gaza displaced due to Israeli attacks move toward the southern Gaza Strip on 28 Nov 2023. Photo: Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images
Palestinians in the rubble left by an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on 9 Oct 2023. (Naaman Omar, Palestinian News & Information Agency, or Wafa, for APAimages, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in several location in the Gaza Strip, 9 Oct 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
Destruction caused by Israeli bombings is seen inside Al-Shati refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, 15 Nov 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Palestinian rescue services remove the bodies of members of the Shaaban family, all six of whom were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, western Gaza, 9 Oct 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun)
Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis overflows with the bodies of Palestinians killed and wounded overnight in Israeli airstrikes, Gaza Strip, 25 Oct 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)
Palestinians gather around the remains of a tower building housing offices which witnesses said was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, 26 Aug 2014. (Emad Nassar/Flash90)
Palestinians search for the wounded after an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Shaboura refugee camp in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 17 Nov 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
An Israeli tank is seen inside Al-Shati refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, 16 Nov 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Devastation is seen in the area of Al-Rimal at the heart of Gaza City after Israeli bombing, 23 Oct 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)
Palestinians at the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, 5 Nov 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike hits Al-Jalaa tower, which houses apartments and several media outlets including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, Gaza City, 15 May 2021. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
Palestinians survivors are brought out of the rubble of houses destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 20 Nov 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
The ruins of Al-Amin Muhammad Mosque which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on 20 Oct, Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, 31 Oct 2023. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)
Palestinians try to put out a fire after an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Shaboura refugee camp in the city of Rafah, southern of the Gaza Strip, on 17 Nov 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Palestinians walk next to the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 28 Nov 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
Palestinians at the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 11 Nov 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
A Party!
Article from 2014 shows the level of dehumanization taking root in Israel as average people cheer the bombing of Gaza while partying from a nearby hilltop. Helps explain how the mass killing of 5,000 children in Gaza can happen.
This article originally appeared on Transcend Media Service (TMS) on 4 Dec 2023.
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