Six-year-old Susie Eshkuntana woke up alone in the largest hospital in Gaza after rescuers pulled her from the rubble of her home destroyed by an Israeli attack that killed her mother and four brothers, says Reuters…
The attack on a house in Eshkuntan took place in the same area as the Israeli attack on the Gaza tunnel system. The explosion in the tunnel system caused the houses above to collapse and caused unintended civilian casualties, the military said.
Dozens of rescuers, police officers, family members and neighbors gathered among the rubble of the house during a search and rescue operation.
After several hours of work under the collapsed walls, the workers began to sing “Allahu Akbar.” [Deus é grande], a sign that someone will be revived. Suzie, covered in dust and too weak to raise her head, cried as she was taken to the ambulance.
At the hospital, doctors confirmed that Suzy was injured, but she was not seriously injured.
The girl spent seven hours under the rubble, and it was at the Shifa hospital that she again met with her father, who was also being treated for wounds. “Forgive me, daughter. You shouted to me to come to you, but I could not go, ”Riyad Eshkuntana told her after the doctors put them in bed next to her.
“I was filled with all the rage in the universe, but when I heard that one of my daughters was alive, I thanked God that this girl was able to capture some – even small – smiles of my daughters, because she is their sister,” …
Since May 10, a renewed escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has killed 200 Palestinians, including 59 minors, and injured more than 1,300 in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave controlled by the radical Islamic movement Hamas since 2007 and long under Israeli blockade. more than ten years ago.
On Sunday, 42 Palestinians, including at least eight minors and two doctors, were killed during offensive maneuvers by Israeli forces.
According to the local health ministry, this was the most serious daily balance since the beginning of a new wave of clashes.
On the Israeli side, at least 10 people were killed, including a child, and another 294 were injured as a result of rockets and rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.
