Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - Recent

Residents of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip said they are carrying whatever they can to unknown destinations following mass evacuation orders in multiple parts of the city.

Following an evacuation order, thousands of residents in the city's Hamad residential area began hurriedly dismantling their worn-out tents and packing their few belongings. Some of them only narrowly managed to escape the Israeli bombing campaign.

Mahmoud Ahmed, the head of a family of ten, arrived in the Hamad neighborhood two weeks ago after being displaced from the eastern Khan Younis area. He said that he and his family have once again been made homeless.

The city's Hamad area currently being evacuated is the largest residential area housing displaced people in Khan Younis. This means more than 100,000 people have been forced to leave, just two weeks after previous evacuation orders were issued for the eastern part of the city.

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Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - Recent:
1. Various of displaced people fleeing;
2. Residents loading belongings;
3. Various of debris; residents;
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Al-Hourani, displaced resident:
"We woke up in the morning to sudden reports about evacuating the towers because they were about to be bombed. Shortly after, they bombed two residential towers in our neighborhood and informed us that the whole city had become a red zone, and we had to evacuate immediately. You see, everyone is running away now, not knowing where to go. In the end, we left our homes, carried a few belongings, and went to the seashore.";
5. Various of people sitting with belongings;
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Ahmed, displaced resident:
"This is our second displacement in a very short period. We're heading to the Amal district. We were just peacefully staying in our homes when they asked us to leave and started bombing our area without any justification. We're a big family, and I don't really know where to go. We'll find a tent, or maybe sleep in the street if there's no place—what else can we do?";
7. Debris;
8. Various of displaced people fleeing;
9. Residents loading belongings;
10. Women; Children.

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