As Israel and Gaza continue to grapple with the enormity of the massacre caused by continuous guns and bullets, hundreds of videos on social media give a disturbing glimpse of life in there, trapped beneath rubbles and tears, that scream of loss and trauma. An ambulance driver in Gaza is seen to have broken down, unable to save lives, while battered bodies of children are seen being pulled out. A Palestinian child breaks down, scared of hearing air missiles bomb buildings around, while his friends console him. But everything fails to stop him from crying hysterically. In Israel, a granddaughter describes the worst nightmare of her life, when Hamas militants shared visuals of the cold-blooded murder of her grandmother at her house.
These and many more videos, show life in Gaza and Israel as the two countries embroil in a full-fledged war.
Over 180,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into U.N. shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of 2.3 million people after their Hamas militant rulers launched an unprecedented weekend attack on Israel.But residents say there is no real escape in Gaza, which has been under a suffocating 16-year blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt. When war breaks out, as it has four times since the Hamas militant group seized power in 2007, even U.N. facilities that are supposed to be safe zones risk becoming engulfed in the fighting. The United Nations said that an airstrike directly hit one of its shelters Sunday and damaged five other schools-turned-shelters on Monday. There was no immediate word of casualties.
A look at social media platforms reveals what life has come to in these pockets of Middle East as the two powers engage in armed conflict.
A human-rights activist and journalist, Maha Hussaini on X wrote, “Earlier this morning, Israeli warplanes targeted an ambulance whole medics were evacuating the injured from a residential building. Two people were killed and 2 medics injured as a result, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.”
In another video, children, who have been alleged to be Palestinians, bundle up together after being rescued from beneath rubbles.
An ambulance driver in Gaza is seen to have broken down being unable to save more lives.
A six-month-old baby is seen to be pulled out of the rubbles after airstrikes from Israel.
Videos show several Hamas militants, after breaking the Isarel-Faza border fence, entered homes, kidnapped people, and carried out mass-scale murders.
