Thousands of Palestinians fled yesterday to southern Gaza, seeking refuge after Israel warned them to evacuate before an expected ground offensive against Hamas in retaliation for the deadliest attack in Israel’s history.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that nearly a week of fierce bombardment was “just the beginning” as Israel seeks to retaliate against Hamas after their fighters killed more than 1,300 a week ago.
“Where to go?” asked Umm Hossam, 29, who was among the thousands fleeing. “How long will the strikes and death last? We have no homes left, every area of Gaza is under threat,” said the 29-year-old, her face streaked with tears. Tensions have risen across the Middle East and beyond, with angry protests in support of the Palestinians, while Israel faces the threat of a separate confrontation with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Demonstrations also took place in Bahrain, where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting yesterday, as part of a regional tour seeking to keep calm in the Arab world. “Moving more than one million people across a densely populated war zone to a place with no food, water or accommodation, when the entire territory of Gaza is under siege, is extremely dangerous – and in some cases, simply not possible,” UN chief Antonio Guterres said on X, formerly Twitter.
AFP correspondents in Gaza said the Israeli military on Friday dropped flyers warning residents to flee “immediately” south of Wadi Gaza, with a map pointing south across a line in the center of the 40 kilometer-long territory. Even before the evacuation order, more than 423,000 people had already fled their homes in Gaza, according to the UN.
Yossi Landau, with the Zaka organization that recovers the bodies of people who suffer unnatural deaths, said he found a dead woman with her stomach “ripped open, a baby was there, still connected with the cord, and stabbed.” The ongoing war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas is not seen to have a major impact on the Philippine economy,...
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