Glass Litters Hotel Lobby as Explosions Ring Out in Gaza

The death toll from Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza following the Hamas attack rose to 1,417 on October 12, Palestinian health officials said, with more than 6,200 injured.

Footage taken by Fady Harouda shows billowing smoke near Ayan Hotel in Gaza on Thursday. Harouda and his family left their home and sought shelter in the hotel, he told Storyful. He said he was in the hotel lobby when the strike hit nearby.

The Israeli Air Force said they had dropped about 6,000 bombs and were continuing to “vigorously attack terrorist infrastructure throughout the Gaza Strip” on Thursday, October 12.

More than 1,200 Israelis were killed in the weekend Hamas attack, according to Israeli officials. Credit: Fady Harouda via Storyful