(8 Aug 2024)
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Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – 8 August 2024
1. Various of families with their belongings fleeing from east of Khan Younis
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghazi Abu Daka, displaced Palestinian:
++OVERLAID WITH CUTAWAYS OF FAMILIES FLEEING++
"There is no safe place in the eastern area. Now, we are displaced in the streets and don’t know where to go. People in the eastern areas fled to safe areas. But there is no safe place. We’re searching for a place to shelter our children."
3. Various of families fleeing
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed al-Rakab, displaced Palestinian:
++OVERLAID WITH CUTAWAYS OF SMOKE RISING AFTER ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES, FAMILIES FLEEING++
"The last time they (Israeli forces) forced to flee towards the Muwasi area, and then they struck us there. They said they killed (the head of Hamas’ military wing Mohammed) Deif and Hamas leaders, but they didn’t kill Deif or anyone. Their only target is the civilians."
5. Various of families with their belongings fleeing
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Palestinians in eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza were forced to flee to other areas on Thursday afternoon after the Israeli military ordered another mass evacuation.
The orders covered large areas in and around Khan Younis, Gaza’s second largest city, that has been heavily hit by air and ground strikes earlier this year.
The Israeli army said that they plan to launch operations there in response to Palestinian rocket fire.
Associated Press footage showed crowds of people walking down a dusty road filled with piled up trash and rubble on the side.
A few Palestinians were seen using cars, bicycles, donkey carts, and motorbikes to relocate, while many others, including children and elderly, are evacuating on foot.
Those evacuating were carrying essential items such as small gas cylinders, mattresses, tents, backpacks, blankets and sheets, and plastic containers and buckets–which they often use to fill up water.
Ghazi Abu Daka, one of those fleeing, told the AP that he and his family have been displaced four times from the eastern part of Khan Younis.
"There is no safe place in the eastern area. Now, we are displaced in the streets and don’t know where to go," he said.
Nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing war, according to local officials.
The ongoing war was triggered Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, in which militants killed 1,200 people and took about 250 as hostages.
AP video shot by Mohammad Jahjouh
Production by Wafaa Shurafa
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