被...吓坏了不断的爆炸随着食物和水的耗尽，美国人玛哈·巴拉卡特周日表示，她逃离加沙的绝望尝试遇到了挫折和困惑。
巴拉卡特说，美国国务院官员已经两次联系她，告诉她他们正在尽一切努力让她和其他美国公民离开加沙.
“他们一直说开幕式将在短时间内举行，这让我感到震惊，”巴拉卡特说。“好像，你是什么意思，临时通知?这里有数百名美国人，需要几个小时才能让所有人都出来。”
巴拉卡特说，在没有得到她将被允许穿越边境的可靠保证的情况下，她不能冒险钻进自己的汽车，开车去南部边境。
“我车里的燃料只够我跑一趟，”巴拉卡特说。
退回到她一直居住的加沙附近，巴拉卡特说，她和另外50个人呆在一起，包括“每一枚炸弹都在哭泣和尖叫”的儿童
“我们的水用完了。我们用完了烹饪用的煤气。汽车快没油了，”巴拉卡特通过不稳定的WiFi连接说道，在接受美国广播公司采访时，她的声音时隐时现。"我们几乎无法获得足够过夜的饮用水。"
自从哈马斯突然袭击以色列以来，从以色列向加沙发射的火箭弹袭击一直没有停止过。
10月7日，哈马斯武装分子开始向以色列发射数千枚火箭弹。在多管齐下、看似计划周密的袭击的第一轮齐射之后，数千名哈马斯恐怖分子突破了边境围栏的许多地区，渗透到以色列城镇和集体农场，不分青红皂白地枪杀平民和士兵。
以色列国防军称，冷酷无情的哈马斯战士还乘坐摩托艇袭击海滩，甚至乘坐机动滑翔伞潜入以色列居民区。
以色列官员说，恐怖分子挨家挨户屠杀整个家庭，当着父母的面杀害儿童，也当着儿童的面杀害父母。以色列官员说，他们还劫持了妇女、儿童和老人作为人质，带着至少126名俘虏越过边境进入加沙，并威胁说，如果恐怖组织的要求得不到满足，他们就会被杀死。
2023年10月10日，在以色列Kfar Aza，一名以色列国防军士兵捂着鼻子走过哈马斯武装分子和以色列平民，这些人几天前在哈马斯武装分子对加沙边境附近的集体农场的袭击中丧生。
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官员称，以色列的死亡人数超过1300人。以色列另有3227人受伤。美国国务院发言人周日表示，死者中至少有30名美国公民。
美国官员说，人数不明的美国人被劫为人质。
以色列的回应迅速而残酷，已经连续八天对加沙居民区进行导弹袭击。
巴勒斯坦卫生部表示，截至周日上午，自以色列开始报复性空袭以来，加沙已有至少2228人死亡，另有8740多人受伤。卫生部称，加沙至少有724名死者是儿童，458名是妇女。
鞋底加沙的电厂上周因燃料耗尽而关闭，导致加沙没有电，也没有依赖电泵的自来水。以色列还切断了对加沙的电力供应，因为与埃及的边界已经关闭，任何物资或燃料都无法进入巴勒斯坦领土。
以色列官员表示，尽管他们无意杀害或伤害加沙的平民，但他们别无选择，他们指责哈马斯将平民用作人盾，并藏在住宅区下方数英里长的隧道中。
人权观察项目主任萨里·巴希周日告诉美国广播公司新闻直播，加沙的局势“糟糕透顶”
“人们被迫饮用未经处理的咸水，因为瓶装水的价格已经超出了大多数人的承受能力，”Bashi说。“食物短缺，没有电。就连医院的应急发电机也快没油了，供应也在减少。”
美国驻耶路撒冷大使馆周日建议美国公民，如果安全的话，搬到加沙南部的加沙山谷和汗尤尼斯。
大使馆官员在一份声明中说:“以色列和哈马斯之间的军事冲突正在进行，这使得美国公民的离境选择变得复杂。”“我们正在研究美国公民离开加沙的潜在选择。”
Tala Herzallah是一名巴勒斯坦妇女，她向ABC新闻分享了她在加沙的可怕经历，她说靠近埃及边境的Khan Younis和Rafah都在周六晚上遭到了以色列的轰炸。
“他们告诉我们搬到那里，然后他们在没有警告人们的情况下轰炸那里的房屋。所以，请知道这一点，并知道他们不是在帮助我们，”赫扎拉说，并补充说，“事情一天比一天糟糕。”
另一名被困在加沙的美国人Lena Beseiso告诉美国广播公司周日新闻，她现在已经按照美国国务院的建议在一周内两次开车前往南部边境，但都被拒绝。
“我们一直等到下午6点多一点，边境仍然关闭，”贝塞索说她上周六最后一次去拉法口岸。
贝塞索说，每次前往边境口岸都是一次艰难的旅程。
她说:“我本希望我们能安全回家，但去埃及边境让我和(其他)家人的生命面临更大的风险。我做得不是很好，对我们被给予能够离开的虚假希望感到失望。"
她补充道，“我们的政府有权力要求埃及人开放边境。他们为什么拖延，让我们的生命处于危险之中?”
'Freaks me out': Americans say they are trapped in Gaza
Terrified byconstant bombingsall around her and with food and water running out, American Maha Barakat said Sunday that her desperate attempts to flee Gaza have been met with frustration and confusion.
Barakat said U.S. State Department officials have contacted her twice, telling her they are doing all they can to get her and other U.S. citizens out ofGaza.
"They kept saying the opening will happen on short notice and this freaks me out," Barakat said. "Like, what do you mean, short notice? There are hundreds of Americans here and it will take hours to get everyone out."
Barakat said she couldn't risk just getting into her car and driving to the southern border without some solid assurances that she would be allowed to cross.
"I only have enough fuel in my car for one trip," Barakat said.
Retreating back to the Gaza neighborhood she has been residing in, Barakat said she is staying in a place with 50 other people, including children "who keep crying and screaming with every bomb."
"We ran out of water. We ran out of cooking gas. Cars are running out of fuel," Barakat said over a spotty WiFi connection, her voice fading in and out as she spoke to ABC News. "We hardly managed to secure drinking water enough for the night."
The rocket attacks from Israel into Gaza have been relentless since the Hamas surprise attack on Israel.
On Oct. 7,Hamas militantsbegan their onslaught with a barrage of thousands of rockets launched at Israel. The initial salvo of the multi-pronged and seemingly well-planned attack was followed by thousands of Hamas terrorists breaching numerous areas of the border fence and infiltrating Israeli towns and kibbutzim, indiscriminately gunning down civilians and soldiers.
The merciless Hamas fighters also attacked by storming beaches in motorboats and even swooped into Israeli neighborhoods on motorized paragliders, Israeli Defense Forces said.
The terrorists went door-to-door massacring entire families, Israeli officials said, killing children in front of their parents and parents in front of the children. They also took women, children and the elderly hostage, carrying at least 126 captives across the border into Gaza and threatening to kill them if the terrorist group's demands were not met, Israeli officials said.
The death toll in Israel stands at more than 1,300, officials said. Another 3,227 people were injured in Israel. Among the dead are at least 30 American citizens, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Sunday.
An undetermined number of Americans were taken hostage, U.S. officials said.
The response from Israel has been swift and brutal, with eight straight days and counting of missile strikes on Gaza neighborhoods.
As of Sunday morning, at least 2,228 people have died in Gaza and more than 8,740 others have been injured since the retaliatory airstrikes by Israel began, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. At least 724 of the dead in Gaza are children and 458 are women, the health ministry said.
The solepower plant in Gazawas shut down last week when it ran out of fuel, leaving Gaza without electricity and without running water dependent on electrical pumps. Israel also cut off its electrical supplies to Gaza and because the border with Egypt has been closed, no supplies or fuel have been able to enter the Palestinian territory.
Israeli officials said that while it is not their intent to kill or harm civilians in Gaza, they have no choice, accusing Hamas of using civilians as human shields and hiding in miles of tunnels constructed under residential neighborhoods.
Sari Bashi, program director for Human Rights Watch, told ABC News Live on Sunday that the situation in Gaza is "about as bad as it can get."
"People are being forced to drink brackish, untreated water because the price of bottled water has gone up beyond what most people can afford," Bashi said. "Food is short, there is no electricity. Even emergency generators that hospitals have are running low on fuel, and supplies are dwindling."
The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Sunday advised U.S. citizens that if they safely can do so to move to southern Gaza toward Gaza Valley and Khan Younis.
"The military conflict between Israel and Hamas is ongoing, making identifying departure options for U.S. citizens complex," embassy officials said in a statement. "We are working on potential options for departure from Gaza for U.S. citizens."
Tala Herzallah, a Palestinian woman who has been sharing her horrific ordeal in Gaza with ABC News, said Khan Younis and Rafah near the Egypt border were both bombed by Israel Saturday night.
"They’re telling us to move there, and then they are bombing the houses there without warning people. So, please know that, and know that they’re not helping us," Herzallah said, adding, "Things are getting worse day by day."
Lena Beseiso, another American stuck in Gaza, told ABC News Sunday that she has now driven to the southern border twice within a week on the advice of the U.S. State Department only to be turned away.
"We waited until it was a bit after 6 p.m., and the border still closed," Beseiso said of her last trip to the Rafah crossing on Saturday.
Beseiso said each journey to the border crossing is a white-knuckled drive.
"I had hope of we'd be safely back home, putting my life and (other) families' lives at risk even more by leaving to the Egyptian crossing," she said. "I’m not doing very well, disappointed with the false hope that we have been given in being able to leave."
She added, "Our government has the power to demand the Egyptians to open the border. Why do they delay, keeping our lives in danger?"
