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War between Hamas and Israel: strikes in Jabaliya are controversial
The Jabaliya refugee camp, located in the Gaza Strip, was bombed by Israel. On the set of the 20 Hours, Valéry Lerouge explains, Thursday November 2, why these strikes provoke a reaction. – (France 2)
The Jabaliya refugee camp, located in the Gaza Strip, was bombed by Israel. On the set of the 20 Hours, Valéry Lerouge explains, Thursday November 2, why these strikes provoke a reaction.
New Israeli bombardments took place on the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip for the third consecutive day. According to Hamas, they left 27 dead. These bombings triggered several reactions “due to the scale of the destruction and the number of civilians killed“, indicates Valéry Lerouge, on the set of 20 Heures, Thursday November 2. In addition, it is a symbolic place: the largest Palestinian refugee camp. Jabaliya is in the north of the Gaza Strip, 4 km from the border with Israel. The camp was established in 1948. It has become, over the decades, a city within a city.
Disproportionate strikes
“116,000 refugees live there with 16 schools and two hospitals, under the auspices of the UN“, specifies the journalist. Israel is striking this camp, because it is convinced that it shelters Hamas leaders. The UN is talking about possible war crimes, because “many voices believe that these strikes are disproportionate”, explains Valéry Lerouge. According to Hamas, 195 civilians died and more than 700 were injured.