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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Palestinian Journalists Under Attack – 55 Israeli Violations in May

The Palestinian Journalists Association (PJA) announced, Monday, it documented 55 violations by Israeli occupation soldiers against Palestinian journalists in last May. It described such violations are part of a  systematic policy to restrict and prevent West Bank and Gaza journalists to carry out their professional duties.

The PJA’s Freedoms Committee said in a press statement to Quds Press the Israeli occupation continues its violations against journalists and media workers to limit their ability to report the truth and document attacks and violations against Palestinians.

The documented violations during May included two injuries from live ammunition while covering events in the field, two arbitrary arrests, and 30 cases of detention and prevention from working and covering events.

The committee also recorded five cases of direct gunfire directed at journalists, five attacks using tear gas and stun grenades, in addition to two cases of confiscation of journalistic equipment and two cases of physical assault on journalists.

The violations include two cases of journalists being barred from covering news at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, one of a media outlet being raided and shut down, another of a journalist being brought before a court and three cases of journalists summoned and interrogated.

The committee affirmed that these practices constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and international covenants on freedom of opinion and expression, which stipulate the protection of journalists while performing their professional duties in conflict zones.

It added that the escalating targeting of journalists reflects a systematic approach aimed at restricting media coverage and preventing the dissemination of information about the reality and violations suffered by the Palestinian people. The committee noted that the occupation continues to use various means to suppress media work and obstruct the public’s access to information.

The Committee for Freedoms called on international human rights and media organizations, as well as the United Nations, to uphold their legal and moral responsibilities, pressure the occupation authorities to cease their ongoing violations against Palestinian journalists, hold those responsible accountable, and provide the necessary protection for media workers.

The PJA announced last May it documented nearly 300 Israeli crimes, violations, and attacks against Palestinian journalists since the beginning of 2026 and the trend is set to continue judging from the scale of esclation against media workers.

The press association indicated at the time the number of journalists killed reached 262 since the outbreak of the war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, including 261 journalists murdered in the Gaza Strip, in addition to six journalists killed since the beginning of 2026.

This comes at a time when Israeli attacks against Palestinians continue in various areas, amid increasing complaints about the targeting of journalists, the obstruction of their work, and the prevention of their coverage of events on the ground and their reporting to the public.

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