(17 Dec 2023)
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Southern Israel, looking on to Gaza Strip - 17 December 2023
1. White smoke rising from buildings in Gaza Strip
2. White smoke rising
3. Pan to thick grey smoke UPSOUND explosion
4. Smoke rising, pan to smoke rising UPSOUND explosions
5. Various of plumes of smoke
STORYLINE:
Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip continued Sunday morning as columns of smoke were seen rising and explosions heard.
Gaza remained under a communications blackout for a fourth straight day — the longest of several outages over the course of the war.
Aid groups say this complicates rescue efforts after bombings and makes it even more difficult to monitor the war’s toll on civilians.
Washington has expressed growing unease with civilian casualties and the mass displacement of 1.9 million Palestinians — nearly 85% of Gaza’s population — even as it has provided vital military and diplomatic support to its close ally.
The air and ground war has flattened vast swathes of northern Gaza and driven most of the population to the southern part of the besieged territory, where many are packed into crowded shelters and rain-swamped tent camps.
AP video by Alon Bernstein.
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