イスラエル軍急襲で建物崩壊、少女を３日ぶり救出　家族６人死亡

【ラファ（パレスチナ自治区）ＡＦＰ＝時事】パレスチナ自治区ガザ地区南部ハンユニス郊外で５日、破壊された集合住宅のがれきの下から、１５歳の少女ハラ・ハゼム・ハマダさんが３日ぶりに救出された。両親を含む家族６人は助からなかった。（写真は、パレスチナ自治区ガザ地区ラファの病院に収容されたハラ・ハゼム・ハマダさん）
　ハラさんの家族は北部のガザ市に住んでいたが、イスラエル軍の攻撃を受けてハンユニスに避難していた。
　２日、家族が身を寄せる建物がイスラエル軍によって取り囲まれた。軍は「テロリストのインフラ」を急襲したと主張している。
　ハラさんはＡＦＰに対し、イスラエル軍は建物の外に出るように拡声器で住人に通告していたが、避難する間もなくブルドーザーが建物を壊し始め、がれきが自分たちの上に崩れ落ちてきたと説明した。また、本人と姉（１９）以外の家族が「狙撃手に狙われた」とも話した。
　ハラさんによると、姉は「怖い、助けて。動けない。足の上にがれきがある。脚の上にお父さんがのっている。動けない」と訴えていたが、間もなく息を引き取ったという。
　ＡＦＰはイスラエル軍にコメントを求めたが、６日時点で返答はまだない。
　■「せめて最後のお別れをしたい」
　生存者の救出活動が行われる中、おじのモハメドさんは、電話でつながったハラさんを励まし続けていた。「無事でいてくれ、気を強く持って。近くに何かあれば、助けが来るまでそれで食いつなぐんだ」「神に誓う。どこにいるか分からないが、探している。心配するな、必ず見つける」と大声で語り掛けていた。
　電話の向こうでハラさんは「お父さんは血まみれになっている。息をしていたが、今はもうしていない」と話した。
　救出後、ハラさんは南部ラファの病院に搬送された。６日、病院のベッドでＡＦＰの取材に応じた。
　大きなけがはなかったが、何日も食べていなかったために体力が弱っていた。家族を失い、精神的なダメージも大きい。
　ハラさんは「生き延びた。でも最後に家族に会いたい」「姉と父親はそばにいたが、まだ収容されていない。まだみんながれきの下にいる。せめて最後のお別れをしたい」と語った。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/03/08-16:28）

Tears in his eyes, Mohammed al-Sabbagh shouts into a mobile phone, imploring his niece on the other end to be strong as she languishes under rubble in Gaza.
The call was made near the start of a three-day ordeal for the girl, 15-year-old Hala Hazem Hamada, who was finally rescued on Tuesday after a deadly encounter with Israeli soldiers that claimed the lives of six relatives including her parents.
The bloodshed began on Saturday, when Israeli troops descended on the residential complex where Hala's family, originally from northern Gaza, had sought refuge outside the territory's southern city of Khan Yunis.
The Israeli military had said it was raiding terrorist infrastructure in the area and taking suspected terrorists into custody.
Hala told AFP that soldiers had called out on a loudspeaker asking residents to leave, but before she and her family could do so, the house started collapsing on us, levelled by bulldozers.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Snipers targeted everyone in the family except my sister and me, she said.
My sister Basant told me, 'I'm scared, save me. I can't move. The rubble is on my feet, and my father is on my leg. I can't move'.
Then Basant went silent, leaving Hala alone to wait out the long hours before her rescue. Basant, 19, was among the six dead.
- 'We're trying to reach you' -
Israel's military offensive in Gaza was triggered by Hamas's unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli figures.
The retaliatory Israeli campaign has killed at least 30,717 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.
As Hala waited, an AFP journalist filmed Mohammed al-Sabbagh offering words of support over the phone.
Stay safe and stay strong. If there is something around you, eat it to keep you steadfast until we reach you, he said.
I swear to God, we don't know how to reach you... (but) we're trying to reach you. Don't worry, we will come to you.
The updates from Hala were grim.
My father is covered in blood. He was breathing but not anymore, she said.
On Wednesday, Hala described her rescue, speaking to AFP from a hospital bed in the southernmost city of Rafah.
They started removing the debris and cutting the iron bars until they pulled me out. When they pulled me out, they put me on a stretcher, she said.
Though she suffered no major injuries, she was trying to recover physically after so much time without food or water, while also grappling with the massive trauma and loss she experienced.
I survived, but I want to see my family for the last time, she said.
I saw my sister and father, but they have not been pulled out yet. They are still under the rubble. I want to see them to at least say goodbye.