He is among the very last survivors of his Gaza family, a clan so close they knew without thinking how blood and marriage bound them across generations and city blocks. Then, branch by branch, 173 of Youssef Salem’s relatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes in a matter of days in December. To a degree never seen before, Israel is killing entire Palestinian families, a loss even more devastating than the physical destruction and the massive displacement.
Firefighters extinguished a three-alarm mulch fire near 27th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.
At least 17 people are also missing as temperatures reach 47C