'Shujaiya made uninhabitable by Israeli aggression'
The Palestinian Civil Defence held a press conference on Thursday detailing what it saw in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City after Israeli troops withdrew on Wednesday following a devastating two-week raid. Here is some of what spokesman Mahmoud Basal said:
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Due to the Israeli aggression, Shujaiya has become a disaster area that is uninhabitable.
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Civil defence teams recovered more than 60 bodies in a preliminary count. Dozens more are buried under rubble.
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More than 85 percent of the buildings in Shujaiya are now uninhabitable.
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Survivors reported that the army targeted fleeing people after granting them safe passage.
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The occupation targeted the Sabiha Medical Clinic, which provided services to more than 60,000 people in the neighbourhood.
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We declare the Shujaiya area uninhabitable due to the Israeli aggression, and lacking basic life necessities.
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We demand the urgent provision of fuel and equipment to the civil defence team so that they can perform their duty.
