Massacre in Shujaiya: Dozens Killed as Israel Shells Eastern Gaza City – Photos

A Palestinian boy wounded by Israeli shelling, receives treatment at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, 20 July.(Ali Jadallah / APA images)

Dozens of men, women and children were killed in the early hours of Sunday as Israel indiscriminately shelled the eastern Gaza City neighborhood of Shujaiya.

Some sixty bodies have already been removed from the rubble of homes and apartment buildings, and the number of injured is more than two hundred, Palestinian health ministry spokesman Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra told local media.

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile hit the Shujaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, 20 July.   (Ashraf Amra / APA images)

But the true death toll could be even higher. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it coordinated a two-hour “humanitarian truce” to allow the rescue of the injured and the removal of bodies.

Palestinian medics carries the body of girl killed during Israeli shelling, outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, 20 July.(Ashraf Amra / APA images)

The latest massacre brings to more than 420 the number of Palestinians killed in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, now entering its second week. More than 3,000 people have been injured and tens of thousands have fled their homes, with many seeking shelter in UN-run schools.

Palestinians flee the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City during heavy Israeli shelling on 20 July. (Ezz al-Zanoun / APA images)

Gaza is a small territory, home to 1.8 million people, and no place in the territory has been safe from Israeli land, sea and air attacks. Egypt’s military dictatorship, closely allied with Israel, has kept the Rafah crossing tightly sealed.

The bodies of Palestinians lie on the ground of al-Shifa hospital morgue in Gaza City on 20 July following a massacre in the eastern Gaza City neighborhood of Shujaiyeh. (Mohammed Asad / APA images)

Eyewitnesses to aftermath

Some journalists entered Shujaiya during the pause in the Israeli attack and tweeted images of what they saw. Others tweeted images from in or near Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Among the dozens killed were cameraman Khaled Hammad and paramedic Fuad Jaber, in a strike on an ambulance, while they were trying to evacuate the wounded from Shujaiya.

Medics at al-Shifa hospital mourn their colleague who was targeted and killed in the eastern Gaza City neighborhood of Shujaiya neighbourhood earlier in the day on 20 July. (Anne Paq / ActiveStills)

NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin posted these images on his Instagram account today from the morgue at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, where many of the massacre victims have been brought:

July 20, 2014 | Shifa Hospital, Gaza City. The legs of 2 year old Khadijah killed in an Israeli strike on Shejaiya. She was one of 30 bodies claimed by relatives at the morgue in a matter of minutes during a two-hour humanitarian ceasefire allowing for families to collect the dead off of the streets and treat the injured. #gaza #shejaiya #israel #palestine #aeom on Instagram
July 20, 2014 | Shifa Hospital, Gaza. A Palestinian mother falls into her sons arms after she identified the body of her other son at the morgue at Shifa Hospital. One of at least 30 bodies identified and recovered during a two hour humanitarian ceasefire in Shejaiya. The Israeli military issued a two hour humanitarian ceasefire allowing for medics and residents to collect the bodies of those killed off of the streets and treat the injured. Others used the two hours to come and identify, claim and bury the bodies of there relatives killed. #gaza #shejaiya #israel #palestine #aeom on Instagram

 

July 20, 2014 | Shifa Hospital, Gaza. Palestinians relatives waiting to identify bodies of those killed in Israel's shelling of Shejaiya. The morgue didn't have enough refrigerators to hold bodies so they had to place them on the floor and every where there was space. At least 30 bodies were identified and reclaimed by families for burial in a two hour humanitarian cease fire. The ceasefire allowed medics and residents to recover dead bodies off of the streets, reach the wounded and evacuate them for treatment. #Gaza #shejaiya #israel #palestine #aeom on Instagram

 


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