Gaza: Residential tower demolished a year after it was bombed by Israel

The Palestine Tower, a 14-storey residential building in the middle of Gaza City with panoramic views, has been fully demolished, just one year after it was bombed by Israeli airstrikes. 

Survivors of the August 2022 bombing say they paid over $18,600 to repair their homes, some of the money they had to borrow, only to now see it fully destroyed again. 

“I never thought the building would be bombed again. I told my neighbours it’s impossible. Why would they bomb it?” one resident, Abu Nada, told Middle East Eye. 

Many survivors have been struggling to grapple with their new reality and having nowhere to go. 

“My 20-year-old sister’s leg is broken. So I had to carry her quickly from the 14th floor, as the lift had been broken since the last attack,” Abu Nada added. 

Abu Nada, who was crying and in a state of shock, said angrily: “We need the world to treat us as human beings. We are just civilians. We are sick of this life under Israeli attacks. What happened is prohibited in all religions and laws.”

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