– The most important thing is to avoid death – VG

Night to Saturday, the attacks in Gaza continued in full force, and at least seven Palestinians are according to news agency AP killed after several bombs from Israel hit a house on the outskirts of the Al-Shati refugee camp.

According to Al Jazeera are six of the children killed.

“I could not stand it and ran home again,” said Said Alghoul, who lives near the house that was hit, to AP, and says that rescue crews are looking for survivors in the ruins.

Hamas says it has responded to the attack – which they call a “war crime” and a “massacre” – with several rocket attacks.

A rocket hit the port area in Ashdod where it hit an oil depot, writes NTB. It triggered according to Times of Israel huge explosion. It has also been warned against attacks in Sderot near the Gaza Strip, writes the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

– This should not remain unanswered, the Israeli defense IDF writes Twitter. about the attack on Ashdod.

Death rates are rising

On Friday, VG was in the city of Beit Hanoun, on the northeastern edge of the Gaza Strip, just six kilometers from the Israeli city of Sderot.

On the same day, the UN announced that 10,000 Palestinians had been forced to flee their homes in Gaza because of the fighting that is ravaging.

The sky turns orange when Israeli projectiles fly through the air. At the same time, Palestinian rockets are fired in the opposite direction.

Neighborhoods are deserted.

Civilians are fleeing along the road.

This is what the town of Beit Hanoun looks like now:

Mohammed Abu Maleeh, 38, got away in the neighbor’s car, along with his 75-year-old mother, wife and five children. One of them is the handicap.

– My brother is injured and in hospital, the man says to VG.

The bombing began without warning.

Maleeh says he has seen three women killed and two children.

He thinks his house has already been leveled and his sheep and goats are dead.

Gaza’s health ministry reports Saturday night that 137 people have died in total in recent days. 36 of them are children, writes Al Jazeera. In addition, more than 920 people are now injured in the attacks.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim that 20 of their people have been killed. In Israel, nine people have been killed since Monday, including a child, writes AP.

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– We did not manage to bring food

In Beit Hanoun on Friday, VG sees people fleeing in a car, with mattresses and luggage on top of the car. On the way to relatives or buildings they have heard are safe.

Others sit in tractors and on donkeys.

Sociologist Mohammed Abu Shabab (41) tells VG that there was a long discussion in his neighborhood: Shall we flee or not? He decided to leave. He and his wife packed the children’s toys and clothes and important documents with them.

– The most important thing is to avoid death, he says.

When he went back to the house to get something, he saw that the whole neighborhood had been emptied. Only cats and dogs left.

VG arrives at a school where we meet Mohamme Al-Louh, from Beit Lahia.

Many have sought refuge here. On the second floor, women live in three different rooms. On the ground floor are the fathers and children. They have no water.

– We also did not manage to bring food, says Al-Louh to VG.

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The UN calls for a ceasefire

According to a statement from UN Coordinator Lynn Hasting civilians flee to schools and mosques, with limited access to water, food and health services.

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres is now calling for an immediate ceasefire, writes NTB.

– The ongoing military escalation has led to great suffering and destruction. It has claimed many civilian lives, including many children, he says according to Times of Israel.

“The fighting could potentially lead to an uncontrollable security and humanitarian crisis and lead to further extremism, not only in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in Israel, but in the region as a whole,” the UN chief added.

The UN Security Council will meet on Sunday at 4 pm Norwegian time.

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