On the night of Thursday, December 28, to Friday, December 29, Israeli forces increased their attacks in the Gaza Strip, particularly on Rafah in the south, where Palestinians rushed into piles of rubble in search of survivors.
“We were sitting quietly (at home, editor's note) and suddenly we heard a loud explosion and debris fell on us,” Tayseer Abou Al-Eish told AFP. “The apartment was completely destroyed and my daughters were screaming. There were several victims (…) we are trying to get the neighbors out of the rubble, but there are martyrs.”
“What Israel is doing to the Palestinians and especially Gaza is 'the monstrosity of our century.' The complacency of the West becomes complicity,” declared Francesca Albanese, the UN rapporteur, on X (ex-Twitter). Human rights situation in the Palestinian territories.
The Israeli army also again bombed Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, near the border.
South of Jerusalem, a Palestinian also injured two Israelis in a knife attack before being shot, according to police and rescue workers. Hamas hailed a “heroic operation” carried out in “response” to the situation in Gaza.