Israel bombs once-bustling Gaza
City neighbourhood Zeitoun to rubble
Israel has completely destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods in Gaza City this month.
Once a thriving, vibrant neighbourhood in Gaza City, Zeitoun was known for its bustling markets, olive groves, and tight-knit community. Generations of families lived here, building lives, memories, and futures.
Today, Zeitoun is unrecognisable. Entire blocks have been flattened. Homes reduced to rubble, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud has been speaking with Palestinians who once called the neighbourhood home.
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“We were sleeping, and at midnight, the roof collapsed on our heads, and the pieces were all over us. We woke up terrified. I put on my prayer gown and started to call my children. I called their names Ibrahim, Mahdi, Mohamed, Sanad. But I couldn’t see them because of all the rubble and the dust,” said Feryal Ahmed.
Israel has completely destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City since it started its sustained assault on the city on August 6, trapping hundreds under the rubble, the Palestinian Civil Defence said earlier this month.
Israeli tanks have been rolling into the Sabra neighbourhood as Israel moves to fully occupy Gaza City, forcing close to 1 million Palestinians southwards to concentration zones.
The scale of destruction is staggering. What was once alive with sound and colour is now silent, grey, and buried in dust.
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