"Hundreds of Palestinians have fled Gaza City, piling their few remaining possessions onto pick-up trucks and donkey carts as Israel's deadly bombings and forced displacement campaign intensifies in the area. People fleeing the Israeli military's relentless bombardment have begun setting up makeshift tents amid miserable conditions in an area west of central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, to the south of Gaza City near Deir el-Balah."
"Most of them have been forced to leave their homes more than once. We are thrown in the streets, like what would I say? Like dogs? We are not like dogs. Dogs are [treated] better than us, Mohammed Maarouf, 50, told The Associated Press news agency, standing in front of his tent. Maarouf and his family of nine had already been displaced from the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya. We have no homes. We are on the streets, he said."
"Israeli forces have carried out a sustained bombardment on Gaza City since early August as part of a deepening push to seize the city and displace about one million Palestinians living there. On Friday, the Israeli military said it had begun the initial stages of its offensive, declaring the largest urban centre in the territory a combat zone. The new operation could forcibly displace one million Palestinians to concentration zones in southern Gaza, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned."
Israel's intensified bombardment and offensive around Gaza City has forced hundreds of Palestinians to flee, piling possessions onto pick-up trucks and donkey carts. People are setting up makeshift tents west of Nuseirat refugee camp near Deir el-Balah amid miserable conditions. Many families have been displaced multiple times, lacking homes, shelter and food, with reports of hunger, sickness and confirmed famine. Israeli forces have carried out sustained bombardment since early August in a push to seize Gaza City, and the military declared the city a combat zone. UNRWA warned the operation could forcibly displace about one million Palestinians to concentration zones in southern Gaza, and hospitals reported dozens killed across Gaza.
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