Streets across Gaza City filled Saturday with families fleeing south, some packed into cars, others on donkey carts, many walking with only bags and blankets. Their destination was the central and southern parts of the enclave. Their reason was fear.
The UN said Thursday that nearly all recent displacements in the Gaza Strip are from Gaza City, where Israel’s relentless bombardment has forced tens of thousands to flee, Anadolu reports.
'Recent strikes have reportedly hit residential buildings intense sheltering displaced people, especially in Rafah and eastern Gaza City,' says spokesperson
“The occupation army is forcing residents of northern Gaza to either flee under bombardment or face killing, in what resembles a circle of certain death,” the ministry said in a statement.
“The renewed aggression of the occupation against the Abu Hussein School, which shelters displaced people in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, with indiscriminate artillery shelling just two days after committing a massacre there, along with the bombing of another school in western Gaza City, confirms the occupation’s plan to displace our people ...
This concern follows Israel's forcible transfer of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians within Gaza. Palestinians fear further displacement could lead to a refugee crisis like the catastrophic events of 1948, known in Arabic as the 'Nakba'.
Three women, pushed from their homes in the Gaza Strip over 61 days of fighting, have now ended up desperate for shelter and safety after fleeing from one place to another under air strikes and shellfire.