Sudden bombardment wipes out entire families in Gaza

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Once again, the hospitals of Gaza are flooded with victims, a grim reminder of the relentless devastation over the past 15 months. The overwhelming situation inside a hospital in Gaza City paints a heartbreaking picture, with bodies of an entire family—killed in their residential home in the eastern part of the city—laid out on the hospital floor. Women, men, and children lie lifeless as grieving loved ones gather to perform prayers before their final farewell.

This scene is tragically common across hospitals in Gaza, where medical facilities are barely functioning under the weight of mass casualties and severe shortages of supplies. Shock and sorrow grip the community as survivors recount the terror of yet another night of relentless Israeli airstrikes.

“We were shocked late at night to see strikes and attacks on Gaza like in the early days of the war,” one survivor said. “I was with my family when suddenly a massive attack hit our residential block. It killed so many from my family. Some are still buried under the rubble. So far, we have managed to recover 26 bodies from my family and 20 others who were with us.”

Similar tragedies unfold across Gaza, from the central region to the north. People’s worst fears are materializing as the war intensifies, fueling displacement, destruction, and an unending cycle of death. The humanitarian situation has worsened dramatically in recent weeks, with Israel tightening its siege on Gaza, leading to widespread famine, dehydration, and starvation.

At Al-Ahli Hospital, grief and despair dominate the air as families come to claim the bodies of their loved ones. Some are loaded onto carts pulled by animals, a tragic testament to the lack of resources and the sheer scale of loss. Many of the shrouds are heartbreakingly small, marking the deaths of young children. In one particularly harrowing moment, a father laid the body of his child atop the body of the child’s mother, a painful image of a family torn apart.

Everywhere in the hospital courtyard, more bodies continue to arrive. The facility, already stretched beyond its limits, lacks the resources to provide proper medical care to those still clinging to life. The death toll continues to mount, with women and children making up the majority of victims.

As Gaza’s hospitals buckle under the weight of mass casualties, the world watches in horror, yet the bombardment continues. The war’s devastation knows no bounds, and for many in Gaza, survival is becoming an increasingly impossible battle.

News source- Al Jazeera