On average, the South trip costs more than $ 3,000, according to the UN refugee agency UNRWADo it out of reach for many.
Along the densely populated Al-Rashid coastal road, thousands of residents queue to escape, following the Israeli military evacuation orders, in an exhausting trek towards the central and southern parts of the enclave.
A UN News The correspondent was there and documented suffering scenes while the displaced people made the trip on foot.
While some dragged carts responsible for their personal effects, others – including women and children – were trying to take a break after long hours of walking.
The Gaza Valley bridge in the Gaza central strip was overcrowded due to the influx.
“All houses and neighborhoods have been bombed”
In the middle of the crowd, an elderly man called Abu Nader Siam, walks slowly while holding his cane in his right hand with his wife, Zakia Siam, on her left. He is exhausted.
“I come from the Tal al-Hawa district in Gaza City. They left neither house or neighborhood only to bomb him, “he said.
“The bombings continue, and they dropped leaflets that ordered us to evacuate. We walked for six hours because we did not find a car or transport. »»
Zakia Siam talked about their non-stop trip after the bombing reduced their house in rubble.
“We went to the Shujaiya district, then we were moved to the Sha’af district of Gaza City before bombing,” she said.
“Subsequently, we went to the edge of the edge west of Gaza City and my husband and I stayed there two nights without a tent. We sat on the sidewalk next to the tents and we hid next to one of them, then continued to walk. »»
Death, devastation and destruction
Another civilian, Ms. Um Shadi al-Ashkar, wore a bag of personal effects while she was heading south of Gaza.
“There is death, bombing, bombing and the destruction of houses (in Gaza City),” she said.
“Even if they had dropped leaflets, if there had been no bombing, no one would have left Gaza City, they would have stayed at home. But there is death and devastation. »»
Umm Shadi al-Ashqar, a displaced person from Gaza.
‘I lost 25 family members’
Ayman al-Khatib said UN News That most members of his family were killed in the Tal al-Za’atar district of Jabalia Camp in the North.
He fled alongside some surviving parents. Her aunt kept herself on her arm, as if she were afraid of losing him too.
“More than 25 family members were killed: my children, my wife, my mother, my brothers and their wives,” he said. Only his aunt, two nephews and a son remain.
“We fled under the bombing, and we did not find any transport. They asked us for 2,000 shekels to get into a car, but we have no money. We don’t have a tent or anything. I made a lot of calls and pleadings, but no one answered me. »»
From Gaza, Ayman al-Khatib during his trip on foot with his aunt.
According to UNRWA, the average cost of travel south is $ 3,180 per family. The fuel is frightened in Gaza, and no shelter supply has entered for seven months due to the Israeli blockade.
Last month, Israel announced that it would take control of Gaza City and that in recent weeks have intensified the bombing of high-rise buildings there.
The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs Coordination (Ochha) said more than 250,000 people were moved from the city in the last month, including 60,000 in just 72 hours, while the troops advanced in densely populated neighborhoods such as Sheikh Radwan and Tal al-Hawa.
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