Israel has demolished more than 1,500 homes in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City since launching a ground offensive earlier this month, Gaza’s Civil Defence has said.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the rescue service, told Anadolu news agency that no buildings remain standing in the southern part of the neighbourhood.
He said the Israeli army has used construction machinery alongside bomb-laden robots and quadcopter drones that drop explosives on rooftops. According to Basal, Israeli forces are destroying an average of seven sites per day, accelerating the pace of devastation.
The systematic demolitions have forced about 80 percent of Zeitoun’s residents to flee, moving to western and northern parts of Gaza City in search of safety, Basal added.
Two Microsoft workers fired after occupying president’s office to protest ties to Israel
WASHINGTON: Two Microsoft employees were fired on Wednesday after taking part in a sit-in at the office of the company’s president to protest the firm’s ties to Israel as it wages war in Gaza.
A Microsoft spokesperson said the workers were terminated following “serious breaches of company policies and our code of conduct” stemming from “the break-in at the executive offices.”
Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli received voicemails informing them that they were fired, the protest group No Azure for Apartheid said in a statement.
They were among seven protesters who were arrested on Tuesday after occupying the office of company President Brad Smith. The other five were former Microsoft workers and people outside the company.
“We are here because Microsoft continues to provide Israel with the tools it needs to commit genocide while gaslighting and misdirecting its own workers about this reality,” Hattle said in a statement on Wednesday.
