(16 Aug 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – 16 August 2024
1. Smoke rising after several airstrikes
2. Various of people carrying their belongings and fleeing
3. Wide of people evacuating
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip – 16 August 2024
4. Various of displaced people in UNRWA school collecting their belongings, some loading belongings in truck to evacuate
5. 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."
6. 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 planned 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 Younis, 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.
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