Life inside Khan Yunis
A firsthand account of the intense shelling of Khan Yunis, which left scores of civilians dead and houses turned to rubble.
KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip — Magdolene Kodeih, a 27-year-old mother, thought that her baby Nadim had died. His head was covered in blood after the bombing targeted a house in the village of Khuza’a, where they were taking shelter along with more than 80 others. After checking on Nadim, Kodeih discovered that he was still breathing, and that the blood was that of the injured woman next to him.
On July 24, Al-Monitor interviewed Kodeih who was standing in line at the Nasser Medical Center in Khan Yunis, carrying Nadim in her arms and waiting for news about the rest of their relatives.
“We escaped early this morning with the help of the Red Cross after having walked out of the ruins. More than a dozen families were taking shelter in the house when the bombing [took place], killing everyone around us. But the bodies of the victims have saved my son Nadim,” Kodeih said.
Nadim, born on July 4, was not the only survivor. His sister Raneen and brothers Karim and Nassim appeared from under the rubble running toward their mother asking, “Where is Nadim? Where is Nadim?”
