A charity worker has shared with Yahoo News UK footage of his destroyed neighbourhood in the besieged Gaza as it is bombarded byThe video was taken by Mahmoud Shalabi, a senior programme manager in Gaza for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).
Shalabi and his family live in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.In a voice note sent to Yahoo by WhatsApp, which you can listen to with the video above, Shalabi describes his community being destroyed by an airstrike; trying to live without any essentials; and being unable to speak to family and friends when communications are cut off.Israel has accused Hamas of using civilians, hospitals and schools as shields to hide militants and launch sites for rockets.
It has vowed to destroyed the proscribed terror group following the brutal incursion on 7 October in which some 1,400 Israeli soldiers and civilians were killed, sparking the current violence.MAP’s work involves supporting medical facilities, providing essential supplies, and ensuring the health and wellbeing of those affected by the latest events in Gaza.