TikTok Genocide
"مُحاصَرون في الشُّجاعيّة للجزيرة: نخشى الخروج من منازلنا وخيامنا لِكثافة القَصف الإسرائيليّ وعشوائيّته. - غالبيّة الخِيام تمزّقت نتيجة القَصف المدفعيّ والمُسيّرات تفتح نيرانها بِشكل مفاجئ. - عَشرات العَائلات مُعظمهم نِساء وأطفال ومَرضى يُناشدون بضرورة إنقاذهم بشَكل عاجل." - Source
Around 9:30 am, the IDF issues a new forced displacement order covering Al-Shujaiya neighborhood in addition to other areas in eastern Gaza City.
The order was preceded by pre-dawn airstrikes on homes in the area and almost immediately followed by a Israeli bombardment as people were still fleeing their homes. An 'explosive robot' was detonated in area in the Shujaiya neighborhood on multiple houses, killing around 20 people.
Around 4 pm, Israel peprpetrated a major ùassacre by bombing Dar al-Arqam school and Al-Zakat mosque in the Tuffah neighborhood where over 30 people were killed.
At 8:30 pm, the IDF issues another forced displacement covering Gaza City's Old City, Tal al-Hawa, Sabra and western Zaytoun, essentially pushing those displaced in the morning further southwest. The inclusion of the Old City entails that Al-Ahli (Baptist) Hospital is under threat. The small hospital has been the core of healthcare in Gaza City sine Israel's destruction of Al-Shifa hospital around the same period in 2024.
Between 2 and 3 am, another wave of displacement started in eastern Gaza City as Israel intensified bombardment and artillery shelling while invading the vicinity of Al-Muntar Hill, near the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. Footage showed the IDF carrying out "firebelt" airstrikes.
After positioning atop Al-Muntar hill which overlooks Shujaiya, Israel startng erecting a military site and intensified strikes in the area on the following days (April 4th and 5th) with a series of attacks that led to a number of casualties, dead and wounded, across Al-Shujaiya. These include:
The strikes happened as families remained besieged inside the neighborhood and were unable to leave fearing for their lives
Translation: Those besieged in Al-Shujaiya shared exceptional testimonies stating that they fear for their lives if they remain in their tents or in what remains of their homes. There are dozens such families who face difficulties leaving their places across different areas of Al-Shujaiya neighborhood including Al-Turkman, Bayarat Al-Hajj Adel and others, considering that Israeli strikes and shelling is characterized by randmoness and intensity. According to the etstimonies, some to most of the tents have been torn by shrapnel. The tents are erected on emptied agricultural plots which are the target of artillery shelling. Most of the tents in those are have been damaged and became unusable.
The details for each video come from social media. None of it has been verified.