Mass influx of displaced Palestinians in central Gaza
We continue to see waves of displacement unfolding from Gaza City to the southern and central parts of Gaza, as Israel expands its attacks by warplanes and infantry.
Israel initially instructed families to move to the so-called “humanitarian safe zone” of al-Mawasi in the south. But as everyone knows, this area is extremely overcrowded, and the humanitarian infrastructure there can’t meet the demands of the population.
That’s why we’ve seen a modified Israeli stance telling people to move to central Gaza, which is where we are now.
This is a place that has received a mass influx of families. They are struggling to find refuge and are living next to buildings destroyed by Israeli warplanes. There’s no sign of humanitarian infrastructure – no water wells, no aid centres, no healthcare facilities.
People are living in flimsy tents in the searing heat. Some are sleeping in the open with their personal belongings scattered everywhere. They are completely vulnerable.
‘Nowhere else to run’: Life in Gaza City going from ‘bad to worse’
Gaza City was again hit in multiple locations by Israeli forces at about midnight. One air raid hit near a market area at Shati refugee camp, just north from where we are.
Some survivors told us dozens of Palestinians are still trapped under the rubble. Civil defence teams are struggling to rescue them because of a severe lack of equipment. The situation is going from bad to worse here during the ongoing, unprecedented Israeli escalation of attacks.
In a separate bombing, a drone hit the Remal neighbourhood, with at least one Palestinian confirmed killed and dozens wounded. At al-Shifa Hospital, the conditions for hundreds of patients are growing more dire by the day.
Meanwhile, we’ve seen a significant advancement of Israeli ground forces from the south of Gaza City. This comes as troops also move into the city’s centre from the northeast and northwest.
Many people have chosen to stay. As I spoke with them, they said they can’t afford the high cost of transport to relocate to the vastly overcrowded south of Gaza. Palestinians told me they have nowhere else to run.
No place in Gaza is beyond the reach of Israeli attacks.

Palestinians flee northern Gaza to the overcrowded south and central areas
One killed, several wounded in Israeli air attack on Gaza City
One Palestinian has been killed and others injured in an Israeli attack on a house in war-ravaged Gaza City. A medical source at al-Shifa Hospital told Al Jazeera the air strike hit the Remal neighbourhood in the western part of Gaza’s main urban centre.
Residential buildings continue to be flattened as Israel presses ahead with its plan to seize the enclave’s largest city.
alestinian children react at the site of an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza City
Death toll in Gaza since dawn rises to 29
At least 29 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since dawn, hospital sources tell Al Jazeera.
As we reported earlier, 11 of those killed – including two children – were aid seekers in central Gaza, while at least two others were killed when Israeli forces struck a house in Gaza City’s Remal neighbourhood without warning.







