'Our lives are wasted': Palestinians recall horrors of Israel's Shujaiya strikes

Malak Yahya was reading a book at home when the massive Israeli bombing of Gaza City's Shujaiya neighbourhood took place on Wednesday.

“The sound was frightening, the entire house shook, and the window fell on me,” she told Middle East Eye.

She quickly went down to pick up her two younger brothers, who were outside when the strikes hit, as she was worried the Israeli army would attack again.

“We feel tired, sad and scared because we might be the occupation’s next target, because no one knows what will happen in the next minute as long as the war is raging,” she said. “Our lives are wasted meaninglessly during the war, and in addition to that, we lose our dearest people, friends and neighbours.”

The bombing of Shujaiya was described as a belt of fire by all witnesses. It was followed by a second, smaller attack near a school shelter in the area.

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