Death in Khuza'a: Graphic Warning.

[Fred Sanders]

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pictures-death-khuzaa-1541669961

KHAN YUNIS, Gaza - Rasmiye Qudeh was sitting on a pavement in front of Nasser hospital, in Khan Yunis, and could not stop crying. Her husband was killed this morning, she stuttered through the sobs as the shelling continued all around.

She and her family spent last two days with dozens of other people in a tiny basement, waiting for the shelling and bombing of Khuza'a to stop. That was the safest space, they thought. But on Thursday morning a missile hit their hiding spot, killing her husband, Salem.

There were dozens, maybe hundreds of other people on the premises of Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis near to where Qudeh was mourning. Some were arriving injured, while others were waiting for the ambulances to bring the bodies of their relatives killed in Khuza'a, a large village with population of about ten thousand inhabitants, on the south-eastern border of Gaza Strip.

Heavy shelling of the area started on Tuesday night when people frantically began calling the International Committee of the Red Crescent and the Red Cross, asking the sister organisations to coordinate with the Israeli army and agree on safe passage for civilians. On Wednesday ICRC managed to evacuate 150 civilians, mainly women and children from the town, countless others stayed.


Report: Israel Snipers Killing Civilians Who Try To Leave Village Of Khuza'a

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/07/report-israel-snipers-killing-civilians


"Reports of an apparent massacre and massive destruction in the cut-off Palestinian town Khuza’a, 500 metres from to the Gaza-Israel border, have been coming in since Tuesday, July 22.

Most reporters covering the Israeli operation in Gaza have not made it to Khuza'a, a town of 9,700 people. This area in the south is cut-off from the eyes and ears of the world, but one young resident – Mahmoud Ismail, has been tweeting horror stories in Arabic from the village.

One tweet said “snipers are centered on top of buildings in Khuza'a, targeting anyone trying to leave his home.” Another said, “Khuza'a is gone, there are hundreds injured and bodies all over the streets and under ruins. No one knows numbers.” Later he tweeted, “Red cross ambulances standing two kilometres away from Khuza'a. Injured are running two kilometres to get treatment.”