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Israeli forces attack civilians in central Gaza, killing at least 5
The Israeli army has targeted civilians north of the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, killing at least five people and wounding 33, sources at al-Awda Hospital told Al Jazeera.
Two aid seekers killed in Israeli army attack in central Gaza
Now, we’re getting reports that at least two Palestinians have been killed and another wounded after Israeli forces opened fired on people waiting for aid near Netzarim junction.
Displaced Palestinians gather to receive aid at a distribution centre run by the US and Israeli-backed GHF at the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza on August 4
Many choosing to stay in Gaza City despite Israeli takeover announcement
In much of Gaza City, tents have replaced homes. Life is fragile yet resilience runs deep. In Gaza, a tent is more than shelter. It’s an act of defiance.
Every damaged wall is a scar telling a story of survival.
Despite Israel’s announcement that it wants to seize control of Gaza City, many people here have chosen to stay. For them, it is more than just somewhere to live. It is their home, their history and the legacy they want to pass on to future generations.
‘We won’t leave Gaza City. We will live and die here’
Despite Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City and forcibly displace nearly a million Palestinians to concentration zones in the south, many Palestinians in the city are refusing to leave.
Umm Imran, a Palestinian from Gaza City, told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army keeps threatening them to move.
“They say go south, go to al-Mawasi, but there is nowhere safe any more, north, south, east or west. No one and nowhere is safe. We will stay here.”
Her mother, Umm Yasser, shares the same resolve.
“We won’t leave Gaza City. We will live and die here. All of our memories here we will not leave, even if we all die, even if our children die, even if they destroy our houses.”
Sayed al-Zard, currently living in a tent in Gaza City, said: “We’ve been displaced 10 times. We have nowhere else to go. Let them come. We’re in the camps. Where do we go? We have no houses. Everything is gone. I’ll die here on my land.”
We don’t see anyone leaving Gaza City
Some Palestinians are staying because they have no other choice. Wherever they go, they have been targeted. This has been the story since the war started. Palestinians have been receiving these evacuation orders. They go to the so-called safe zones, and those areas are then targeted.
Palestinians have been squeezed into very small areas of land. We’re talking about more than 80 percent of Gaza’s area being deemed a red zone, where Palestinians cannot go. Palestinians are telling us that they do not trust Israeli forces when they issue these orders.
Also, evacuations are very expensive and Palestinians do not have the money needed to move to another part of Gaza.
