Palestinian girl rescued from under rubble 7 hours after Israeli airstrike

A six-year-old Palestinian girl has been rescued from under rubble following the destruction of her home in an Israeli airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Suzy Eshkuntana was pulled out on Sunday after seven hours of being trapped. Her mother and her four siblings were killed.

Doctors said the girl had been bruised but sustained no severe injuries.

She was rushed to Gaza City’s Shifa hospital and reunited with her father, Riyad.

“I was filled with all the anger of the universe, but when I heard that one of my daughters was alive, I said thank God because this girl might capture some - even a little - of my other daughters' smiles because she was their sister,” the father said.

Riyad said Israeli warplanes had targeted his family house repeatedly.

“I ran to check up on the girls. My wife jumped - she hugged the girls and took them out of the room, then a second airstrike hit the room. I could feel the ceilings were destroyed and I was left under the rubble. The last moment I saw my wife, I saw that she threw herself on the floor and the concrete fell on her head. We didn't think that the ceiling and walls would fall.”

“I was under the rubble, I was stuck in a place. My hand was under a pole and my legs under another pole. I was in a bad situation. I heard my son Zain calling: ‘Daddy, daddy.’ His voice was okay, but I couldn't turn to look at him because I was trapped. Then I started to say ‘God... God.’”

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Israel unleashed its arsenal of guns to bombard Gaza on May 10. Nearly 60 children are among the approximately 200 Palestinians killed in the campaign.

Samer Abdel Jaber, with the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), said in a statement Monday that the agency was providing emergency assistance for thousands of people in northern Gaza and appealed for $46 million for its work in the region.

“For people who have lost or fled their homes, one of the most pressing needs at the moment is food.”

“The quickest and most effective way we can provide support is with cash, in the form of e-vouchers.”

He warned the closure of crossings into Gaza “may soon cause a dearth of commodities, including food, and push up food prices.”

The UN agency said the prices of fresh produce are already rising as farmers are unable to reach their lands under the circumstances.

WFP Middle East and North Africa director Corinne Fleischer said, “People in Gaza have already been living on the edge and many families struggle to put food on the table.”

“Their situation has deteriorated even further over the past year due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.”

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