Harrowing images of Gaza neighborhood hit hardest by Israel
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Version 0 of 1. Israeli forces bombarded a neighborhood in Gaza overnight Sunday. At least 100 Palestinians were killed in what was the heaviest bombardment in Israel's 13-day offensive. Read the full story. Reporters who arrived in the mid-afternoon during the cease-fire, arranged by the Red Crescent humanitarian organization, witnessed chaotic scenes of ambulance drivers struggling to fill their bays with the wounded. Cease-fire to recover bodies & wounded in Shajaiya is over. Lots of damage. Worst in 13 days I've seen. pic.twitter.com/1BOZI06NxZ — William Booth (@BoothWilliam) July 20, 2014 Cease-fire to recover bodies & wounded in Shajaiya is over. Lots of damage. Worst in 13 days I've seen. pic.twitter.com/1BOZI06NxZ — William Booth (@BoothWilliam) July 20, 2014 In 10 minutes, on one street, seven stretchers were carried out of the rubble. Some of the injured looked near death. At Shajaiya expect #s of injured and/or dead to rise. We saw 7 stretchers in 10 minutes on one street. Some v bad. pic.twitter.com/RyZc0tH7Oz — William Booth (@BoothWilliam) July 20, 2014 At Shajaiya expect #s of injured and/or dead to rise. We saw 7 stretchers in 10 minutes on one street. Some v bad. pic.twitter.com/RyZc0tH7Oz — William Booth (@BoothWilliam) July 20, 2014 Ambulance abandoned in Shajaiya. pic.twitter.com/Np44JZqB7o— William Booth (@BoothWilliam) July 20, 2014 Ambulance abandoned in Shajaiya. pic.twitter.com/Np44JZqB7o— William Booth (@BoothWilliam) July 20, 2014 After a few hundred yards, Shijaiyah’s main boulevard became impassable for vehicles because of shredded trees and downed power lines. House after house showed signs of heavy damage and raging fires from sustained shelling by tanks and artillery. At hard hit Shajaiya in Gaza: streets blocked by rumlbe, gore, wounded without limbs, masked fighters darting ahead pic.twitter.com/HzYpuhHQXk — William Booth (@BoothWilliam) July 20, 2014 At hard hit Shajaiya in Gaza: streets blocked by rumlbe, gore, wounded without limbs, masked fighters darting ahead pic.twitter.com/HzYpuhHQXk — William Booth (@BoothWilliam) July 20, 2014 Palestinians react to their destroyed homes. Civilians run from eastern Shijaiyah. Two Palestinian girls run past a disabled ambulance. Two men flee their homes during a brief cease-fire. Ambulance drivers reported "great difficulty" entering the town. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press) Civil defense workers remove the body of a little girl. Residents react to the intense firing. A Palestinian woman cries as she flees her neighborhood.
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