'No safe place in Gaza right now': Entire neighborhoods smashed as Israel goes after Hamas

The misery of a war started by a stunning and deadly attack by Hamas militants was made worse Wednesday as Palestinians in the cut-off Gaza Strip struggled to find any safe area as Israeli strikes destroyed entire neighbourhoods, hospitals ran out of supplies, and the region’s only power plant ran out of fuel. In the small coastal settlements of Gaza, airstrikes reduced entire city blocks to rubble and buried untold thousands of dead beneath piles of debris. Even though terrorists are said to be holding 150 Israeli citizens, including soldiers, men, women, children, and senior citizens, they continued to blast the area. The terrorist organisation Hamas, which controls the Palestinian region, has drawn unprecedented threats of vengeance from Israel after its members broke through the border fence on Saturday and killed hundreds of Israelis in their homes, on the streets, and at a music festival. Since then, terrorists have persisted in launching rockets at Israel, most recently launching a significant barrage on Wednesday at the southern town of Ashkelon. In Gaza, where electricity and basic needs were already in short supply, the battle, which has already cost at least 2,200 lives on both sides, is predicted to worsen. (With agency inputs)