Gaza City in ruins after Israel-Hamas fighting

(4 Jan 2024)
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Gaza City - 3 January 2024
1. Various of destruction in Gaza City, people walking through rubble after withdrawal of Israeli vehicles
HEADLINE: Gaza City in ruins after Israel-Hamas fighting
ANNOTATION: Huge swathes of the downtown area in war-ravaged Gaza City have been heavily damaged, leaving many streets completely unrecognizable.
ANNOTATION: The vast majority of buildings near the central Palestine Square neighborhood have been either significantly damaged or completely leveled.
ANNOTATION: Central Gaza City has been one of the epicenters of the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
ANNOTATION: More than 22,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli fire and airstrikes since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out.
ANNOTATION: The war erupted on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants stormed southern Israel and killed 1,200 people, mostly Israelis, and abducted 240 others.
STORYLINE:
Huge swathes of the downtown area in war-ravaged Gaza City have been heavily damaged, leaving many streets completely unrecognizable.

The vast majority of buildings near the central Palestine Square neighborhood have been either significantly damaged or completely leveled.

Central Gaza City has been one of the epicenters of the fighting between Israel and Hamas.

More than 22,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli fire and airstrikes since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out.

The war erupted on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants stormed southern Israel and killed 1,200 people, mostly Israelis, and abducted 240 others.

AP Video shot by Mohammad Hajjar
Production by Wafaa Shurafa

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[Marssz]

Well, who'd have thought there could be a downside in teaching your children to hate the folks next door.

[SocratesstCentury]

HAMAS probably shouldn't have attacked ISRAEL ...

[Dyskombobultd]

"fuck around, find out" - Israel probably

[davidmuttillo]

Have a bit more integrity in your reporting. How many of those 22, 000 Palestinians killed (as claimed by Hamas) were Hamas fighters? Many of them fighting while wearing civilian clothing.

[daryl]

close your eyes in october 7 - media

open your eyes after october 7 - media

[amykahn]

hamas wanted a war, they should have stayed in Israel and fought the war but like cowards they slaughtered Israelis and brought hostages and the war back to gaza. They should come out of their tunnels and stop hiding among the civilians and fight like men. I certainly hope when all this is over the people of gaza realize the harm Jihad brings to them and learn to live in harmony with their neighbors. There should be a secure tip line established so civilians can tip off those trying to build more tunnels and continue to practice Jihad.

[onehit]

Before and after pictures please so so the whole world will see how Palestinians voted for hamas..

[kanthlk]

The choices you make - Gazans chose this and they should live with it.

[davidmhale]

Image gaza didn’t look like this on October 6 th. But the Palestinians from Gaza decided to change all that on October 7 th.
And this is the result of that decision to attack Israel.

[Vca]

Why did Hamas destroy Gaza ...who benefited..if Hamas cared for Gazans would they bring about destruction

[ZenPepperClub]

Yes Hamas and Palestinians choose this and thought they could get away with it

[lancecahill]

Hopefully, Palestinians will vote wiser next time.

[thims]

Shame on AP for reporting Terrorist claims as fact especially when we know that close to half all fatalities are actually terrorist combatants & the other half weren't free to leave their homes due to Hamas keeping their human shields!

Shame on AP for not pointing out that Hamas had major tunnel systems under the majority of all buildings in Palestinian Square in Gaza City even after publishing video of the IDF Tours on their website!

[shlomtzi]

Well, they are not dancing now aren't they?

[Nurse_Diesel]

This is what happens when you leave your problems for others to solve. Gaza had well over a decade to get rid of hamas and did nothing but cheer them on time after time. Lebanon is doing the same thing.

[gregchambers]

When you worship an invisible psychopath in the sky you act like one with waste, cruelty and corruption. Free civil secular society however trusts in reason, logic, science, empathy, fairness, equal protection under the law, civics, democracy and sanity.

[mason_simms]

Hamas should not have attacked Israel. Look what happened

[dg]

People will blame Hamas for staring this conflict but guess what, that does not give Israel the right to commit war crimes and destroy an entire city! 2 million people live here and they only wanted to be free from an open air prison! Shame on Israel for treating the Gazan people like shit!

[samuelross]

How many of those 22, 000 were Hamas members? Since when are civilians lumped in with terrorists?

[AVOZDOSBICHOS]

Deus nos livre! Que país selvagem! Devem estar felizes agora, tranfomaram Gaza de maior prisão do Planeta ao maior cemitério do mundo...😢