STORY: 15 killed in Israeli strike on refugee camp in central Gaza: media
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 2, 2023
DATELINE: Nov. 3, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:32
LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine
CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the rescue site
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ZAKARIA YEHYA, Gaza resident
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): GAZA RESIDENT
4. various of the rescue site

STORYLINE:

An Israeli air strike hit the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Thursday, killing 15 people, according to the official Palestinian news agency of WAFA.

The Bureij refugee camp is a comparatively small refugee camp hosting about 46,000 Palestinian refugees, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ZAKARIA YEHYA, Gaza resident
"Ten days ago, we were in one of the neighborhoods near here, only 50 meters away from here. In that neighborhood, one of its houses that was next to ours was bombed. Of course, the bombing resulted in the destruction of our house and the death and injury of dozens, so we took refuge in my uncle's home here.
When we were at my uncle's home, no one imagined that the place would be bombed again. One of the buildings was bombed. Some families were living in this building, which consisted of seven floors, with two apartments on each floor. There were 12 to 15 other buildings next to it. This bombing also killed dozens and injured others, some of whom are still under the rubble."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): GAZA RESIDENT
"This densely populated place is located in Bureij camp near the market. As you can see, the bombing completely wiped out the houses here.
I believe that this area contains 100 small houses, each of them not exceeding 100 or 200 square meters. All the houses here were destroyed by bombing without warning or even a threat."

Meanwhile, Israel continued its strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza for the third day in a row, killing at least 29, WAFA reported.

The Israel-Hamas conflict, raging for nearly a month, has led to the deaths of more than 9,000 Palestinians in Gaza. On the Israeli side, more than 1,400 people lost their lives, the vast majority in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, which triggered the ongoing conflict.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Gaza, Palestine.
(XHTV)