Since Hamas’s attack on Israel last Saturday, October 7, the Hebrew state’s response to the Gaza Strip has not diminished. According to the Palestinian Islamist movement’s health ministry, 2,750 people have already been killed in air strikes. More than a million people have fled the north of the coastal area to the south at the call of Tel Aviv, which is preparing an impending ground offensive. But the situation of the civilian population there still worries the UN and various NGOs. “There is no security, no food, no water,” confirmed Iyad Alasttal, a resident of the south of the enclave, on LCI in the video below.
“There are no really safe places because the Israeli attacks have not stopped since the beginning of this war against the Gaza Strip, there is no security,” he stressed. According to him, “the Israeli army did not respect any agreements, including those led by the UN” on the ground. “We fear new strikes and deaths,” he complained. “I don’t feel safe, not even at home. The attacks can even hit civilians’ homes.”
As for the residents who fled the north of the Palestinian enclave to find refuge in the south, across the Wadi Gaza River, “some of them were attacked by the Israeli army while they were in the process of escaping,” accused Iyad Alasttal He complained about a “very dramatic situation” even in this area. He also regretted “power and water outages”: “Many people wait in front of bakeries to buy bread, the markets are empty except for vegetables. People are trying to find food, medicine, etc. “It’s the same thing,” he described, lamenting a “catastrophic situation.”