Al Breij Camp Prepares For More Israeli Bombs

Israeli raids are now continuing on central Gaza with vengeance. The Israeli army say they will not stop, now bombing the Gaza Strip almost simultaneously. Rafah, in the south, north of Gaza in places like Jabalia and Biet Hannon, the Israeli war machine is focusing on central Gaza.

There is no remorse here, the old/new places being targeted are Dier Al Balah in the west, and Al Maghazi and Brieij camps in the center and center east of the enclave are being bombed.

Dumb bombs and missiles thud down. People are yet to get used to the explosions suddenly made by Phantom 16 jets from the sky, centering on Al Al Breij Camp.

There is no mercy here! With every bombardment there are deaths, those injured and of course destruction of homes, houses and buildings with people scurrying around to carry those killed and wounded. Blood everywhere!

In Al Breij, struck now for the umpteenth time, Al Jazeera journalist Ashraf Abu Amra is on the scene live with lots of commentary from eyewitness reports who said the raid on the house was a big one with the killed and injured still being counted.

This was an area in Breij congested with people at this time of day. They were moving around trying to make sense of what is happening to them.

The house that was struck was full of people at the time.

“We were sitting down in the house with other young people when the raid started,” one eyewitness said.

“The house has no members of the resistance,  there are no missiles here and no terrorists as the Israelis would says; all there was here, were kids and youths as you can see around you,” he added.

“But without prior warning we saw missiles land here from F16 planes.”

Another eyewitness focused on the area, congested with people outside and children playing in the street.

“In this road there are more swings for children than there are children. Anyone who looks at this street can see either young people playing with the ball or sitting on the swings; these are people who are trying to get away from the war, the hot weather, from the bad situation we are in,” he said.  

“It’s more than 200 days of suffering, the world has forgot that there is here more than 2 million human beings here, civilians who neither have a gun nor able to shoot at anyone else. All we want is to live like other people in the world,”

The Israeli army has said it has started ground military operations in these areas based on sources from their intelligence services that are Palestinian resistance fighters.

But judging from the massacres we have unfortunately become used to in Gaza, the Israeli army would come in, embark on a bloody rampage of civilians, destroy the area and then leave after receiving a bloody nose from the resistance who would come from deep underground tunnels.

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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Israel Kills 200 Lebanese Children – UNICEF

More than four children have been killed or injured every day on average in Lebanon in the first 25 days of a temporary ceasefire with families still unable to return to their homes, said Save the Children.

New data from Lebanon’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday showed that 22 children have been killed and 89 injured since the temporary ceasefire started on 17 April. This brings the number of children killed in Israeli strikes since renewed escalation in hostilities in Lebanon on 2 March to almost 200 with about 2,900 people killed.

The violence and renewed displacement orders have forced more than one million people – or one in six of the population – from their homes with many now living with relatives, in host communities or in collective shelters.

The number of families living in collective shelters has increased 5% since the conditional ceasefire due to renewed displacement orders by Israeli forces and as families return home to find destroyed houses and damaged farmland so move back the collective shelters. There are now 44,800 children among about 125,000 people in collective shelters.

Thousands of children have been living in collective shelters for over two months in overcrowded conditions with inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene facilities leading to reports of scabies and growing health concerns.

Parents are reporting widespread behavioural changes among children living in collective shelters due to a lack of routine and reduced school engagement including loss of appetite and trouble sleeping. Many children are struggling to continue learning with some schools used as collective shelters and also difficulties accessing online learning due to limited electricity, and poor connectivity.

Tala*, 10, has been living in a collective shelter after being displaced from southern Lebanon, said:

“I just want the war to end so I can go home to my village and sleep in my own bed. I really miss school, I want to see my teachers and be with my friends, and study and play again.”

Nora Ingdal, Save the Children’s Lebanon Country Director, said:

“This ‘so called’ ceasefire that still sees more than four children killed or injured every day is not a ceasefire for children. Attacks on civilians have not stopped – it has simply continued under another name. Colleagues have told me that the airstrikes feel more intense in some areas than they ever did before. Children are not safe until there is a permanent and definitive ceasefire with no violations.”

With further peace talks set to take place on Thursday to determine next steps between Lebanon and Israel, Save the Children is calling on the international community to urgently work toward a permanent and definitive ceasefire and ensure flexible and sustained funding to protect children and allow families to return home to resume their lives.

Save the Children has worked in Lebanon since 1953. In collaboration with partners and local authorities, we are distributing essential items in hard-to-reach areas in the south, provide psychosocial support for children, educate families and children about the risks of unexploded ordnance, ensure access to safe water and sanitation facilities, and distribute essential items for those displaced.

ENDS:

Sources:

Lebanon Ministry of Health

Israeli strikes have killed 380 in Lebanon since truce: Health ministry

Lebanon Ministry of Health

Lebanon-Emergency-Sitrep-23-2026.pdf

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