23 October 2024

Testimony from a mother in Jabalia, Gaza

Motasem Dalloul is a journalist working for Middle East Monitor. The following is a tweet dated 23/10/24 12.17 pm in which he reports the testimony of a mother from Jabalia, North Gaza.

“They took all the children from their mothers and put them inside what resembled a pit or a hole. The tank came to circle around them repeatedly until their bones cracked under the pressure of dust and sand, amidst the screams of children and the wailing of mothers.

“After that, the soldiers came and started throwing the children towards the mothers, and whoever caught a child was ordered to carry him and move away quickly, with no guarantee that the child would be their own.

“Many mothers carried children who were not their own, and were forced to leave with them, leaving their own children in the hands of other mothers. This marked the beginning of a new chapter of suffering, with mothers searching for their children in the arms of other women, trying to calm the children they held until they found their real mothers."

In the photo above, less that 24 hours ago, Motasem reported of a newborn baby who is the only survivor after the ambulance which carried his mother and family members was bombed by israeli occupation forces in #Jabalia about 2 days ago.

The lady carrying him said: “Bruises on his body show that stray dogs or cats attempted to eat him.”