Palestinian culture minister says ‘Gaza is no longer Gaza’: Report
Palestinian Culture Minister Atef Abu Seif has said that Palestinians will need “a new Gaza” as Israel’s assault on the strip — one of the most destructive military campaigns in modern history — has left it nearly unrecognisable.
“Gaza is no longer Gaza,” Abu Seif said in an interview with the news outlet AFP.
Abu Seif was trapped in Gaza for 90 days, and says that he witnessed terrible suffering and has lost more than 100 relatives.
In the interview, he also recounts helping pull bodies out of the rubble after an Israeli attack on a relative’s home.
“We were shocked to find that a body which a friend retrieved belonged to his 16-year-old son,” said Abu Seif. “The war in Gaza is ugly.”
