According to the Israeli army IDF, today there have been fierce battles with Hamas in Gaza City. They publish pictures that are supposed to show destroyed tunnels. Other images show ruined lives, people who have left everything they own. – Where we went, we saw many corpses along the roads and in cars along the side of the road. There were burnt corpses and body parts, and tanks on both sides of the road, mother Umm Hassan tells the local team news collaborates with. Umm Hassan tells about the flight south from Gaza City. Photo: Abu Kmail She and the rest of the Abuhajar family of 16 people hope to find safety in the south, in Khan Younis. – There was bombing for 24 hours a day. Then splinters hit our house. Then that was enough, says Umm Hassan. – They bombed us with barrel bombs, says a crying man, pointing to his many grandchildren. This is supposed to be a tunnel used by Hamas, according to the Israeli Defense Forces. Photo: IDF 50,000 displaced in one day Now a massive migration of people is taking place from north to south. Around 50,000 Palestinians have fled in the last 24 hours, says the IDF. In total, there are now 1.5 million internally displaced people, according to the UN. Some of them are lucky enough to have a vehicle. The cars are often ailing and overloaded, but they roll. Others resort to donkeys and carts. Some bikes. Precious possessions are stowed in wheelie suitcases, prams and wheelchairs. The least fortunate have only their own legs to walk on, the entire 24 kilometer long road from Gaza City to Khan Younis. They seek safety in the south, even though there are also air raids there. Although there is also a lack of food, water and medicine there. They leave their houses and most of what they own. – We couldn’t sleep. We never rested. I don’t know where we will end up, says Umm Hassan. The road from Gaza City to Khan Younis is approximately 24 kilometers long. BBC: The escape route is heavily bombarded The main road from Gaza City to Khan Younis is called Salah al-Din. According to BBC Verify, it is not only Gaza City that is being attacked by Israeli forces. The Salah al-Din road also appears to have been damaged in several places. It shows verified images from social media and satellites. Israeli tanks have been filmed attacking a car that tried to back away on the road. The IDF says they are trying to avoid hitting civilians, but several witnesses report seeing bodies on the road. The IDF has not yet commented on these claims. Now several of the refugees have started waving white flags to avoid being attacked on the road. Four hour pauses Israeli forces are gradually approaching the core of Gaza City. Many tens of thousands of refugees have now gathered around the large al-Shifa and al-Quds hospitals in Gaza City. They fear Israeli airstrikes and street fighting. At the same time, Israel claims that Hamas has large military bases under the hospital. Israel has not presented concrete evidence for this, and has previously attacked hospitals with the same justification. The IDF attacks a target in northern Gaza. Photo: IDF On Thursday evening, according to the US, it became clear that Israel will introduce daily four-hour breaks to allow civilians to flee in safety. That’s what White House spokesman John Kirby says. The breaks are the result of intense negotiations. Right now, such discussions are taking place in Qatar’s capital, Doha, between Qatar’s prime minister and the leaders of Mossad and the CIA.
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A people’s migration from Gaza City to the south – so many burnt corpses and body parts along the way – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries
