STORY: :: Families in north Gaza flee on foot and donkey
cart after Israeli evacuation orders
:: Gaza City, Gaza
:: November 5, 2024
:: Sabreen Al-Majdalawi, Displaced Palestinian
"Neither yesterday, nor the day before, for three days we cannot sleep or eat. We are dying, we've become dehydrated. We have nothing left of us from fear."
Thousands of Palestinians have been evacuated from Beit Lahiya and the nearby towns of Beit Hanoun and Jabalia as the Israeli military roots out bands of Hamas fighters still operating from amongst the rubble.
In the month since Israel launched a renewed campaign in the border town of Beit Lahiya, one of the first targets of last year's ground assault, multiple strikes have killed hundreds of Palestinians.
The area has been cut off from Gaza City to the south, communication has been patchy, supplies of food dwindling and prices of whatever is available reaching exorbitant levels.
The Israeli military says the evacuation orders are meant to keep civilians out of harm's way.
