Buildings along Omar al-Mukhtar Road, the main artery through Zeitoun district, have collapsed under bombardment

Omar al-Mukhtar road used to be Gaza City’s high street. It was lined with shops and hotels, the main mosques, the city hall and the public library, leading from Palestine Square to the Port of Gaza. It was the main artery through Zeitoun, the commercial centre. This footage shows how the street looked before the war:

Now both the street and the surrounding district are a landscape of debris. Some buildings have collapsed under bombardment, the multiple storeys pancaked on top of each other. This video shows the moment of impact of an Israeli strike on 8 October, and how the road looked from street level in the days that followed:

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