(21 Aug 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Deir al-Balah, Gaza – 21 August 2025
1. Various of people in area where an Israeli airstrike hit a camp of displaced people, smoke rising
2. Various of fire burning in the tents of displaced people after an Israeli airstrike
3. Various of Gaza’s Civil Defense extinguishing fires in displaced people’s tents
4. Various of destruction, people inspecting the rubble
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Kahlout, displaced from northern Gaza Strip:
"I am displaced from the northern Gaza Strip. We came to the safe zone, which they call safe. We are now in Deir al-Balah. They said there is an evacuation in the area, we were only given five minutes. We gathered our belongings, everything we own, our food and drink, and then they bombed the camp. We are civilian people, civilians, we are not terrorists. Where are the Arabs? Where is the Muslim nation? Where are the Muslims? What is our fault, and what is the fault of our children, to be displaced, what is this? This is a camp for civilians, refugees, there is no resistance or anyone."
6. Various of people inspecting rubble of their tents, smoke rising
7. Various of displaced women inspecting rubble
8. Various of destruction
9. Various of people inspecting the rubble of destroyed camp of displaced people
STORYLINE:
Israeli airstrikes struck central Gaza early Thursday, hitting a camp for displaced families near Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
The attack came after warning calls and a drone-fired missile.
While no casualties were reported, the strike destroyed roughly 100 tents sheltering people who had already fled fighting in other parts of the Strip.
Smoke rose from the targeted area, and fires spread quickly through the makeshift shelters.
Civil defense teams rushed to the site, working to extinguish the flames.
Families, many of them with children, were left sifting through the ashes of what little they had managed to bring with them during earlier evacuations.
Mohammad Kahlout, displaced from northern Gaza, voiced anger and despair at the repeated attacks on civilians.
“We came to the safe zone, which they call safe. (We were given) only five minutes to gather our belongings, and then they bombed the camp,” he said.
“We are civilians, not terrorists. What is our fault, and what is the fault of our children, to be displaced again? This is a camp for civilians, refugees — there is no resistance or anyone."
Production by Wafaa Shurafa
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