(16 Aug 2024)
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Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip – 16 August 2024
1. Various of smoke rising from east of Deir Al Balah after Israeli airstrike
2. Various of displaced people in UNRWA school collecting their belongings, some loading belongings in truck to evacuate from eastern Deir al-Balah
3. Various of women and children sitting near their belongings in truck
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Umm Muhammad, displaced from Gaza City:
"We are living in a nightmare, when will we wake up from it? We are tormented a lot. This is happening beyond our capacity. We are unable to bear it. What is the fault of the elderly, the sick, the children, what is the fault of the women? Find a solution for us. Where do we go? Every time we go somewhere they take us out."
5. Various of people collecting and carrying their belongings to evacuate
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Umm Zeiya Ahmad, displaced Palestinian:
"We are tired, I swear to God, we are tired. We started saying that if we die, it is better for us, that we die and get rid of this life. It is a one-time death. How many times will we die? Shame on them, we do not know where to go."
7. Various of displaced people dismantling their tents and collecting their belongings to evacuate
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Umm Hasan Al-Qayid, displaced from Gaza City:
"I am displaced from Gaza, from the north, we came here to the south. At the beginning of my displacement, I went to Khan Younis, and from Khan Younis I was displaced again, and we came to Deir al-Balah to the school, and here we will be displaced again from school, and we do not know where to go, God suffices me. We are tired and have lived through a very difficult suffering that we did not expect to experience."
9. Various of woman crying
10. Various of displaced people evacuating
STORYLINE:
The Israeli military on Friday dropped leaflets asking civilians to evacuate from areas in northern Khan Younis and eastern Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, saying forces plan to respond to rocket fire that targeted Israel.
New evacuation orders are targeting areas that were previously designated as humanitarian zones, including al-Qarara, Muwasi, al-Galaa, Hamad City, and al-Nasr.
"Due to significant acts of terrorism, the exploitation of the Humanitarian Area for terrorist activities, and the firing of rockets and mortars toward the State of Israel in the north of Khan Yunis, remaining in this area has become dangerous. Therefore, at this time the Humanitarian Area will be adjusted,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on social media.
The military said it asked resident to evacuate by rolling out flyers, SMS messages, phone calls, Arabic broadcasts, and recorded voice messages.
“Once again, fear spreads as families have nowhere to go. People remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction on a staggering scale,” said UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees.
Earlier this month, the Israeli army ordered a mass evacuation in large areas around Khan Younis, Gaza’s second largest city that has previously suffered widespread destruction during air and ground operations earlier this year.
Israeli forces have repeatedly returned to heavily destroyed areas of Gaza where they launched operations against Hamas and other militants since the start of the war last October.
AP video by Abdal Kareem Hana
Production by Wafaa Shurafa
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