"Swathes of Gaza City, once a busy commercial and cultural hub, have been reduced to uninhabitable ruins. Until weeks ago, more than a million people were living there, many already displaced numerous times." More than 250,000 displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show. Tens of thousands more forced to flee makeshift homes and shelters daily in face of new Israeli offensive

Displaced Palestinians fleeing Gaza City along the coastal road toward southern Gaza on Thursday. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

More than a quarter of a million people have been displaced from Gaza City in the last month, according to figures from the UN, with tens of thousands more forced to flee makeshift homes and shelters daily in the face of a new Israeli offensive.

Strikes by Israeli artillery, tanks and warplanes hit Gaza City again on Thursday as a UN official said “new waves of mass displacement” were under way, after about 60,000 fled the new assault in 72 hours earlier this week.

Israeli military officials say the total number following Israeli orders to evacuate Gaza City is much higher.

An unbroken column of traffic heavily laden with household utensils, blankets, mattresses, gas cylinders and often entire families packed Gaza’s narrow coastal road on Thursday as a steady stream of Palestinians headed south towards areas designated by Israel.

Prices for transport have soared, forcing some to walk, laden with belongings and young children. “We are heading to go sleep on the streets towards the beach, like this, barefoot … READ MORE  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/18/un-figures-people-displaced-from-gaza-city 

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