Israeli shelling blocks ambulances, leaves bodies unretrieved in Al-Bureij Camp

By Mahmoud al-Homs

Israeli forces continue shelling Al-Bureij Refugee Camp, preventing ambulance teams from retrieving the bodies of the killed.

Abu Ali, a 58-year-old man from the Al-Bureij Refugee Camp, told Middle East Eye that following the ground invasion of the camp, warplanes intensified their shelling on the camp. He said he waited in his home for it to pass, but the bombardment worsened, and so he fled to a nearby school and sought refuge there.

“Later, the occupation forces dropped leaflets on the school, demanding civilians to leave. As the fires intensified, children and the elderly found it unbearable, and many of them left for Deir Al-Balah,” he said.

Ali said he chose to stay with other people in the school. When the occupation forces began targeting anyone leaving their houses with drones, artillery, and warplanes, Ali decided to leave the school for Deir Al-Balah.

“On the way there, many civilians were killed and injured, and ambulances were not allowed to reach the area to rescue them. Bodies have been left on the road for five days now. We want them to be buried to prevent the spread of disease in the camp. The camp is being exposed to ethnic cleansing, something I have never seen in my 58 years of life in Gaza,” he said.