The strict and chaotic order of displacement
The strict and chaotic order of displacement
Israel's double-tap strikes during "ceasefire" kill infants, paramedic in Gaza
“We just want the bare minimum to survive and here in al-Mawasi we don’t even have that,”
“Even for water, we wait for hours just to get a single bucket.”
“We are piled on top of each other in a single tent – me, my husband, our six children, and my husband’s elderly parents – 10 people in a small tent. There’s no room to sleep in that cramped space … There’s no privacy.”
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Conditions have been described as beyond dire, crowded, and under-resourced even before the latest mass displacements. Many Palestinians who have been forced to flee Gaza City say they are unable to find space to pitch their tents.
While the Israeli army has been telling residents of Gaza City – under intense military assault – to move to al-Mawasi, that area itself has been attacked multiple times by Israeli forces.
What to know about al-Mawasi, the so-called ‘safe zone’ in Gaza
The al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza, near Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah, is one of the most overcrowded areas in a landscape devastated by nearly two years of Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Al-Mawasi, designated by the Israeli army as a “safe zone”, is an area of approximately 41sq km (15.83sq miles) lacking critical infrastructure and services.
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