Gaza Herald – In a chilling escalation, Israeli forces repeatedly targeted the same residential areas in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood, turning rescue operations into a deadly gamble. Civilians trapped under rubble after an initial strike are left fighting for their lives, while drones and air patrols fire on anyone attempting to reach them.
A family who lost dozens of relatives in the overnight attacks described the nightmare: at least 25 members of Doghmush family were killed, and while rescuers managed to pull 17 survivors from the debris, voices from beneath the ruins suggest up to 50 people remain trapped.
“I appeal to the world: help us. Our families are buried alive. We hear their screams, but we cannot reach them,” one relative said, eyes filled with desperation.
Eyewitnesses reported that every attempt to rescue trapped civilians is met with gunfire from Israeli drones. “For every five men who try to reach the rubble, four are killed, and only one survives,” a local volunteer said.
The repeated targeting of already-hit buildings has transformed neighborhoods into killing traps. Survivors and rescuers alike are forced to navigate a gauntlet of surveillance drones and explosive threats, where one wrong step could be fatal.
Striking the same sites multiple times, while civilians remain trapped, is a direct assault on life-saving efforts, leaving entire families isolated, traumatized, and facing almost certain death.
This relentless approach has created a new horror in Gaza: not only are civilians bombed in their homes, but those who rush to save them become targets themselves, turning every rescue into a confrontation with death.
