The scale of the horrors perpetrated by the IDF in these battles only emerges through testimonies after fighting ends.
It was noon on June 26 when the residents of the al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City — one of the largest neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip inhabited by over 300,000 people — were taken by surprise as Israeli tanks rolled into their neighborhood. Residents described chaotic scenes as tanks fired indiscriminately, unleashing a barrage of shells that ripped through the area.
