Palestinian woman recounts Israeli tanks running over her family in Gaza

A Palestinian woman has recounted the details of Israeli tanks attacking her family while they were inside displacement tents in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

The woman said Israeli forces began firing towards the tents without warning or requesting evacuation.

“When the tank advanced, my husband threw himself over three of my children to protect them. He was shot in the back and he and the children could not escape,” she was quoted as saying. 

The woman said the tank advanced towards her and one of her children. It trampled her until it reached her back.

“I was waiting for the tank to come back and run me over… I do not know what happened with my husband and two of my sons who were run over and killed. I don’t know whether they were buried or bulldozed.”

The Israeli military recently withdrew from eastern Khan Younis more than a week after an incursion and heavy bombardment killed dozens of Palestinians and forced thousands of others to flee.