UN describes chaos of civilians fleeing Israeli attacks on Gaza City
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing in all directions to avoid Israel’s expanding ground offensive in war-battered Gaza City, and do not know where is safe from Israeli attacks, the UN says.
“Many have been displaced under fire and bombardment, with very few being able to take their possessions,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press news agency.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has described the latest mass displacement of people due to Israeli military evacuation orders as “dangerously chaotic”.
Those fleeing have to travel through areas where fighting is taking place – or to areas where separate Israeli evacuation orders have been issued, Dujarric said, adding civilians should be protected.
“Those who leave must have enough time to do so, as well as a safe route and a safe place to go,” he said.
Smoke rises amid Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday
Timeline: Israel attacks four schools in four days killing dozens in Gaza
Israeli strikes have killed dozens of Palestinian people sheltering in four different schools across the Gaza Strip since Saturday. The Israeli military has acknowledged all four attacks, claiming its warplanes were targeting Hamas fighters.
Here’s a timeline of the school attacks:
Children look at destruction at a UN-run school after it was hit by an Israeli strike, in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday
Gaza Strip burns under worsening Israeli bombardment
Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip on July 9
Israeli forces with war-torn Gaza in the background on Tuesday
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