Israeli forces have killed at least 82 people across Gaza, including 39 in Gaza City alone, as United States President Donald Trump said he belied a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could happen this week.Survivors of the Israeli strikes in Gaza City described “apocalyptic” scenes on Sunday as residents in the Sheikh Redwan neighbourhood retrieved body parts of victims and scrambled to rescue those trapped under the rubble.
Mahmoud al-Sheikh Salama, a survivor of one strike in Gaza City, said the attack took place at 2am (23:00 GMT on Saturday) while he was sleeping.
“We heard a loud explosion and shortly after, another one. We rushed over… and people were trapped under the rubble – four families, a large number of residents,” he told Al Jazeera.
“We tried to search for survivors and managed to pull out two people alive from under the debris after about three hours of struggle and breaking through. We got two out alive – the rest were martyred and are still trapped.”
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said Israel’s current military escalation is “a chilling and brutal reminder” of the opening weeks of the war becaus …
