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New Palestinian Exodus! But to Where?

CrossFireArabia
July 8, 2024

A new Palestinian exodus is being forced but to where? Nobody knows! Palestinians in different neighborhoods of Gaza City are picking up what little left of their belongings and are on the move again.

Thousands of Palestinian families are fleeing their homes in Gaza City amid relentless Israeli occupation bombardment and the threat of imminent invasion.

النزوح غير المعلوم في وجهته دون غذاء دون ماء
لكنهم صامدين وليسوا عاتبين فقد فقدوا الأمل في عون الدول العربية "فلا تشفع لهم يا رسول الله"
إلى هذا الشعب العظيم تتكيء المقاومة وتستند pic.twitter.com/TQhf7bQBBG
— #Birow (@Qxj9EpiXyt9sd0O) July 8, 2024

The Israeli army threatened thousands of displaced Palestinians in Tuffah and Daraj neighborhoods to immediately evacuate and flee at the end of Israeli missiles and bombardment of already ruined homes that are in complete wreckage.

"There's a lot of desperate people. There's a lot of hungry people. There's a lot of tired people."@UNWateridge tells @CBCNews that, amid forced displacement, dire living conditions and intense heat, families in #Gaza are exhausted and do not have what they need to survive. pic.twitter.com/cwZJBRZ5ia
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 8, 2024

To make sure thousands started moving an Israeli occupation warcraft targeted the home of the Hallou family in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City. The home was previously targeted but no matter.

Wounded civilians evacuate the neighborhoods Al-Daraj and Al-Tuffah in Gaza City amid new Israeli evacuation orders and a ground invasion. pic.twitter.com/TVEmvNpbwj
— Wafa News Agency – English (@WAFANewsEnglish) July 8, 2024

This time the bodies of more family members did not make it. They join other members of the family who are under the rubble.

This is part of the intense attack the city is being subjected to with firebombings in the Tafah, Sabra and Al Daraj neighborhoods, east of Gaza, to force force hundreds of families once more to move out of their homes.

Israeli shelling have also targetted the vicinity of the Bank of Palestine in Gaza City.

Dozens of families are trapped in their homes under a barrage of violent bombardment in the vicinity of universities and industry, south of the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, west of Gaza City, after Israeli army suddenly advanced at dawn. pic.twitter.com/rtAQrf6YHs
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 8, 2024

This is regarded as the biggest onslaught with Israeli warplanes launching as well, massive airstrikes on the once-plush neighbourhood al-Remal in the city.

The Israeli military crackdown on civilians begun in the early hourse of Monday morning. “Our forces are now operating in Gaza City, including at the UNRWA headquarters, after intelligence information” an Israeli army announced.

The announcement created panic. In addition to the fact that many people started moving, patients in their hospital beds were hurriedly being wheeled out for miles to find another hospital.

Thousands of Palestinians flee southwest Gaza City as Israeli forces advance, opening heavy fire on roads, homes and buildings

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— TRT World (@trtworld) July 8, 2024

In addition to that, the heavy Israeli shelling tens of martyrs and wounded have been trapped under the rubble of their homes in Al Daraj and Al Tufah.

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Israel Bombs UN School in Nuseirat

CrossFireArabia
July 6, 2024

Israeli warplanes bombed Al Jaoni School in Nusseirat, Saturday afternoon, where thousands of displaced Palestinians are taking refugee there.

At least 16 people were killed in this latest massacre at a UN school that was previously announced as a safe area by the Israeli military.

BREAKING| Israel commits a massacre bombarding Al- Jaoni school in Al- Nuseirat refugee camp, where thousands have been taking refuge. pic.twitter.com/GAFcy1wAx8
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) July 6, 2024

Some of the victims were displaced people from Khan Younis ordered to leave there by the Israeli military.

Difficult scenes from the targeting of an UNRWA school in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip – a large number of martyrs and injuries, the majority of whom are children. pic.twitter.com/sjBD1N9g9X
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) July 6, 2024

The death toll kept creeping up. First it was 11, 14, 15 and finally 16 as announced by the Gaza Ministry of Health.

The Israeli bombardment of the UN Al Jaoni school in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. At least 15 displaced Palestinians killed. Systematic and calculated extermination of the survivors in the shelters where they starve with no access to water and healthcare pic.twitter.com/p2Izk6vtwo
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) July 6, 2024

The UNRWA Media Advisor Adnan Abu Hasna told Al Jazeera he estimated that the number of displaced people sheltering at the school stood at 2000 however this figure was far too low according to other experts on the ground.

🚨A displaced child was injured in the occupation’s bombing of Al Jaouni School, which shelters displaced people in the Nuseirat camp central #Gaza Strip

Her beautiful dress and neatly styled hair couldn’t protect her from the brutality of the Israeli army ‼️ pic.twitter.com/Spe2evSvB6
— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) July 6, 2024

Director of Logistics at Civil Defense told Al Jazeera that the number of families at the school was 1,200 with around 7000 people.

Some of those killed included 9-year-old Mayar Haidar and 6-year-old Bilal Hamida. They were killed with their grandmother at the school.

NUSEIRAT

The targeted school in Al-Nuseirat is home to 1,200 families, representing around 7,000 displaced people
Many children, like Mayar and Bilal, who were killed by the Israeli bombing, along with their mother and grandmother in the school that was supposed to be safe https://t.co/oqEGO8MbW6 pic.twitter.com/QTYZiM8wgD
— Nina 🇧🇷🍉 (@papel_em_branco) July 6, 2024

Many children have also been injured since the strikes were carried out at a time when children go out to play in the yards at the school to escape the heat of the classrooms.

Breaking news
Several displaced persons have been KILLED and tens WOUNDED in #Israeli_bombing of UNRWA School —refugee shelter— in Al Nuseirat refugee camp!#StopGazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/b4luSLq8Rf
— Motasem A Dalloul (@AbujomaaGaza) July 6, 2024

As well as those that died because of Israeli strikes, the number of those injured was injured at 75.

At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on a UN-run school sheltering forcibly displaced people in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, says the Gaza Government Media Office https://t.co/0WtR64gtm9 pic.twitter.com/8e0mNnLaYu
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) July 6, 2024

The Government Media Office in Gaza said this is the 43rd massacre committed by the Israelis. It added that since the beginning of the genocide on Gazathe Israeli army has boombed more than 17 schools and shelter centers inside the Nuseirat refugee camp.

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Four Palestinians Killed as Israeli Warplanes Target UN Training Center

CrossFireArabia
June 23, 2024

At least four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a UN training center west of Gaza City on Sunday, medical sources told Anadolu.

An israeli missile attack targets a UN-run Vocational Training College west of #Gaza City, killing another 4 Palestinian civilians, injuring dozens more https://t.co/k9Oip2CIFY
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) June 23, 2024

Israeli warplanes struck the headquarters of the Vocational Training College operated by UNRWA, according to witnesses.

Massive damage was reported at the site.

At least 60 people were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, according to Palestinian medical sources.

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76% of Gaza Schools in Ruin

CrossFireArabia
June 22, 2024

Over three-quarters of schools in the Gaza Strip need to be rebuilt or restored before they can be used for teaching, maintains UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, Friday according to Anadolu.

UNRWA added that despite the ongoing war on Gaza, its teams "continue to reach children with play and learning activities," stressing that "education is a fundamental human right" and reiterating the need for a cease-fire in the enclave.https://t.co/ML7JAOoETr
— Gary Buckley™ (@myrddenbuckley) June 22, 2024

“In Gaza, over 76% of schools need reconstructing or require major rehabilitation to be functional again,” UNRWA quoted a statement by the Global Education Cluster as saying.

Established in 2017, the Global Education Cluster is a coordinating mechanism between aid organizations working in the field of education in the cases of internal displacement caused by conflicts. It is co-led by UNICEF and Save the Children.

According to #UNRWA, over 76% of schools in #Gaza need rebuilding or rehabilitation after being destroyed and burnt in the Israeli ongoing airstrikes. pic.twitter.com/98oaSIM8ru
— Al-Jarmaq News (@Aljarmaqnetnews) June 21, 2024

UNRWA added that despite the ongoing war on Gaza, its teams “continue to reach children with play and learning activities,” stressing that “education is a fundamental human right” and reiterating the need for a cease-fire in the enclave reports the Turkish news agency.

Most schools in the Palestinian enclave have been turned into shelters for hundreds of thousands of people seeking refuge from the ongoing Israeli bombardment, with many completely destroyed or badly damaged in the onslaught that has continued since Oct. 7 last year.

Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since the 7 Octtober, 2023 attack by Hamas.

The Palestinian death toll from relentless Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since last October has exceeded 37,400, according to the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave.

More than 85,600 people have also been injured in the onslaught, the ministry added.

Over eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

It’s been 76 years of occupation. Israel has detained & killed teachers
& students, destroyed schools, and bombed every university in Gaza. No educational institution or educators’ union should ever have had any $$ or its name linked to Israel.

Disclose. Divest. Terminate. https://t.co/OxPEFGRYfa
— Fernanda Yanchapaxi (@mfyanchapaxi) May 4, 2024

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which in its latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6 concludes Anadolu.

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Israel Destroyed 67% of Gaza’s Sanitation

CrossFireArabia
June 20, 2024

About “67% of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged” in the Gaza Strip since 7 October, the UN Relief Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) stated Wednesday.

67% of water, sanitation infrastructure destroyed in Gaza since 7 October: UNRWAhttps://t.co/qQp0I4PKsU
— Throwback C Magnon (@throwback_c) June 20, 2024

There is neither water nor sanitation in the whole of the Gaza Strip. With sewers destroyed, filthy water run in the streets and neighborhoods that have been destroyed.

The agency emphasized the urgent need for action according to a press statement published in Anadolu.

Over the past 8 months in the #GazaStrip approximately 67% of water, sanitation facilities & infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged.

As infectious diseases continue to spread and temperature rises, lack of hygiene & dehydration threaten the health of people across #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/dg08KD60Ai
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) June 19, 2024

“As infectious diseases continue to spread and temperatures rise, the lack of hygiene and dehydration pose a severe threat to the health of people across Gaza,” it wrote on X.

UNRWA plays a vital role in providing life-saving services to registered Palestine refugees; however, the recent destruction of essential infrastructure in Gaza exacerbates an already precarious situation, leaving many without access to clean water and sanitation facilities, the Turkish news said.

The UN Relief Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) said Wednesday that "67 per cent of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged" in the Gaza Strip since Oct 7. #UNRWA #Gaza #Genocide #Ceasefire #Hamas https://t.co/n9QL5BFxku
— Sinar Daily (@sinardailymy) June 20, 2024

Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since the 7 October attack by Hamas.

Nearly 37,400 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them women and children, and more than 85,400 others injured, according to local health authorities.

More than eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

The UNRWA said that '67% of water, sanitation facilities and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged' in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 https://t.co/Vgm6v49yGk pic.twitter.com/sDIB3ooXgw
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) June 19, 2024

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.