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Family of 40 desperate for rescue after another large-scale massacre by the IDF in Beit Lahia

No.

8052

Date

26 October, 2024

Found by

Anas Al-Sharif @translating_falasteen

Location

Gaza - Beit Lahia - North Gaza

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Original Social Media Post

"One of the survivors of a massacre in Beit Lahia, where residents are currently besieged, pleads with journalist Anas Al-Sharif to deliver his message as his loved ones die before his eyes.Over 40 people have been martyred, dozens of women and children injured @AnasAlSharif0" - Source

Archivist Notes: Beit Lahia massacre (Oct 26, Abu Shudq, Al-Masry and Salman families)

Around 7:30 pm, Israeli airstrikes targeted a residential block in Beit Lahia. The residential block was near the western roundabout and consisted of five houses belonging to the Abu Shudq, Al-Masry, and Salman families.

Context

This was the second large-scale massacre perpetrated under a week in Beit Lahia, as the October 20 massacre led to around 120 casualties, at leats a third of which were killed.

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif received calls from families begging him to alert rescue crews so they could come and rescue the victims.

Over the previous few days, Israel had engineered a total collapse of healthcare in North Gaza through a combination of actions: detention of medical staff, siege and shelling of hospitals, destruction of roads leading to hospitals, forced displacement of civil defense from the North governorate, and the total blockade of medical aid.

In these conditions, civilians took it upon themselves to rescue and evacuate whoever they could. Yet, rescuers were shot at by Israeli drones. Journalists reported that many victims would ultimately bleed to death in such conditions.

Dr.Hassan Al-Baba, Director of the Holy Quran and Sunnah House in Beit Lahia, who holds a doctorate in international law, was among the victims, joining his mother, sister and two daughters who were martyred two weeks before.

The next morning, civilians were still leading search and rescue efforts with any means available