Israeli strikes kill 11 in Gaza, including family and journalist

Israeli airstrikes on Saturday killed at least 11 people in Gaza, including four members of the Al-Safadi family and a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera. The strikes hit an apartment building in Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood, killing the family and injuring 12 others. Relatives described the victims as innocent children and civilians. "By God, I still feel as though I’m in a dream, I never expected this to happen to us," said Mohammad al-Safadi, a survivor of the strike.

Al-Shifa hospital confirmed receiving the bodies of the Safadi family members. Separately, a drone strike in northern Gaza City killed one person. Later, six more people died in separate Israeli attacks, including three when an aircraft targeted a house in the Bureij refugee camp. Ahmed Wishah, the Al Jazeera cameraman killed in the Bureij attack, was described by the network as a journalist, but the Israeli military called him a "Hamas terrorist."

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Around 2 o’clock, my cousins were asleep when a missile struck them. They have no connection to Hamas, nor are they involved in anything. They’re just innocent children.

The violence continues despite a ceasefire that took effect on October 10 last year. Efforts to permanently halt the destructive assault on the Gaza Strip remain at a standstill. Gaza health officials reported that at least 1,012 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire began, while the Israeli army reported five deaths in its ranks during the same period.

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By God, I still feel as though I’m in a dream, I never expected this to happen to us. I’m a civilian. I swear to God I’ve never carried a weapon or fired one. What do you want from me? Go after whoever you’re after, what’s my fault in this?