Trending claims

Evacuation orders were inconsistent inaccurate and frequently not communicated to civilians or with enough time to allow evacuations.

The evacuation system failed to keep people safe.

Analysis of satellite imagery shows the attack on Sara’s relatives’ home was not an isolated incident.

Human Rights Watch identified at least six additional strikes in block 108 before the attack on Sara’s relatives’ home.

Two additional strikes were carried out dozens of meters from the attack in the same timeframe.

Seeing all of this has affected kids hugely it changed

Human Rights Watch established block 108 was not designated for evacuation until six-and-a-half weeks after the strike.

Many people died that day

Family in apartment were ok it was building next to them that had been hit

There was so much damage to building Sara could not enter she could see bodies people under rubble

At around 4 pm Sara was coming home from work what she saw was massacre it was hectic everyone was screaming and all she could see was fire and destruction

Sara was scared because kids were home and sisters were taking refuge at house so they had about 20 people living in apartment on third floor

Israelis had renamed area by blocks so everyone could keep track of where there could be strikes they were living in block G number 108

Human Rights Watch interviewed Sara and analyzed satellite imagery video and photographs taken from that day

On December 7 2023 Sara’s family home in Khan Younis was not in block slated for evacuation

Ghassan's mind is always wandering

On December 1 2023 Israeli military released interactive map dividing Gaza into 620 numbered blocks and continued to post and distribute evacuation orders referencing this block system

Ghassan cannot sleep

Ghassan does not recall ever feeling safe since displaced from north

They arrived Deir al-Balah and there is no truly safe place in Gaza