Civil Defense spox confirms Israeli airstrike on crew quarters and miraculous survival

No.

5716

Date

26 September, 2024

Found by

Al Jazeera

Original Social Media Post

""الصاروخ لم ينفجر".. 3 إصابات جراء استهداف الاحتـلال الإسرائيلي مقرا للدفاع المدني شمالي قطاع #غزة #الجزيرة_مباشر #غزة_لحظة_بلحظة"
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Archivist Notes On This Video

"Our (Civil Defense) building was targeted and thank God he decreed that the missile would not explode. There were about 15 people or more on the premises."

"The building of the Civil Defense east of Gaza City was targeted by at least one missile, 3 people were injured."

Archivist Notes: Strike on Civil Defense Headquarters

Just before 9:30pm on September 25th, 2024, journalist Anas Al-Sharif reported: "Injuries after Israeli shelling of Civil Defense headquarters."

The Israeli occupation had dropped a missile directly on Civil Defense Headquarters, near the Ajur Bakery and Holst Cultural Center in the Al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City.

Quoting Civil Defense spokesman, Mahmoud Basal: "Our headquarters in Gaza City was targeted by a missile from the occupation aircraft that penetrated 3 floors and did not explode."

PHOTOS "Damage caused by the occupation forces’ bombing of the Civil Defense headquarters near Ajur Bakery in the Al-Daraj area in Gaza."

Press statement issued by the Civil Defense in Gaza:

▪️ Our crews were targeted by the Israeli occupation air force at the Al-Daraj Civil Defense Center with a missile that did not explode. The targeting resulted in 3 minor injuries.

▪️ The occupation's continued targeting of our crews demonstrates the destruction of the humanitarian work system.

▪️ We call on international institutions to take a clear position to achieve protection for our crews in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and their annexes.

People in Video: Mahmoud Basal

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