For days, Heba al-Haddad and her family huddled in their Gaza City home, watching Israeli troops drive their neighbors out of nearby buildings.
by SARAH EL DEEB | Associated PressHeba al-Haddad, right, and her family displaced from Gaza City, stand in a makeshift tent camp in Rafah, southern Gaza, Friday, March 29, 2024. Al-Haddad was forced out of her home in Gaza City on March 21 when Israeli troops stormed her apartment and ordered her and her family to leave for the south. Amid fighting that has engulfed the area since Israel raided Shifa Hospital, witnesses say troops have been pushing residents out of nearby neighbourhoods.
The soldiers handed them glow sticks with strict instructions: Walk south with a woman in front holding a stick so soldiers at checkpoints don’t shoot you. Later, she learned the troops set fire to the house after they left. Al-Haddad said she saw troops blow up or set fire to nearby buildings after expelling those inside. A Euro-Med researcher said in a voice message shared with the AP that when he was released from detention by Israeli soldiers in the Shifa hospital, he walked out into fire spreading from buildings surrounding the hospital.
Israel vowed to destroy Hamas after its Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel killed some 1,200 people. Israel’s assault has killed more than 32,000 Palestinians, more than 13,000 of them children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, and driven some 80% of its 2.3 million people from their homes. On the night of March 20, al-Haddad sent a voice message to family members who had already fled south, saying tanks were at their doorstep.
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