As it presses its ground onslaught on the territory’s major metropolitan center, the Israeli military issued a warning on Friday that it would use “unprecedented force” in Gaza City and ordered inhabitants to evacuate.
Nearly two years into the conflict that has ravaged the Palestinian territory and left Gaza City engulfed in a UN-declared famine, Israel has hammered Gaza City with airstrikes and tank fire in its attempt to take it. The attack occurs before a UN session next week where many Western states, notably France and Britain, are expected to recognize a Palestinian state.
Along the seaside route close to the Nuseirat refugee camp, Palestinians from Gaza City relocate southward while carrying their possessions. France-Presse Agence
We have been attempting to move to the south for a number of days, but we haven’t been able to locate any transportation,” Khaled Al-Majdalawi, a Palestinian refugee in western Gaza City, told AFP, referring to “heavy and constant” bombardment.
At the end of August, the United Nations estimated that Gaza City and its environs were home to approximately one million people. An estimated 480,000 people have left since late August, the military announced on Friday.
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