‘We fear Gaza will be forgotten’: Palestinians despair as focus shifts to Lebanon

‘We fear Gaza will be forgotten’: Palestinians despair as focus shifts to Lebanon

People and aid workers in the strip say ‘no one is talking about’ the bloodshed there and ceasefire hopes are receding

Middle East crisis – live updates

As Israeli bombs began to fall across Lebanon, the scenes of bloodshed and chaos were grimly familiar to the people of Gaza.

Mai al-Afifa, 24, was teaching a workshop about how to identify unexploded ordnance in a school turned shelter in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah on Thursday when an Israeli missile hit the next building in the compound. A total of 28 people were killed and 54 injured, according to medics at the scene.

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