Thousands of Palestinian families flee as Israel launches heavy strikes in Gaza, causing overcrowding in remaining refuges. The new arrivals set up tents on sidewalks due to packed UN shelters. No place is safe in Gaza.
Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza ’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges, as the military launched heavy strikes across the center and south of the territory, killing dozens, Palestinian health officials said. On foot or riding donkey carts loaded with belongings, a stream of people flowed into Deir al-Balah—a town that normally has a population of around 75,000.
It has been overwhelmed by several hundred thousand people driven from northern Gaza as the region was pounded to rubble. Because UN shelters are packed many times over capacity, the new arrivals set up tents on sidewalks for the cold winter night. Most crowded onto streets around the town’s main hospital, Al-Aqsa Martyrs, hoping it would be safer from Israeli strikes. Still, no place is safe in Gaz
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