Since the beginning of the Israeli military operation in the Khan Yunis area, we are talking of approximately 170 martyrs and hundreds of wounded,
Due to significant terrorist activity and rocket fire toward the State of Israel from the southern area of Khan Younis, remaining in this area has become dangerous,
It keeps happening over and over and over,
The adjustment is being carried out in accordance with precise intelligence indicating that Hamas has embedded terrorist infrastructure in the area defined as a humanitarian area,
But what we’re seeing on the ground and judging from the patterns of how it happened, this is more of an enforced internal displacement for an already displaced population in the southern part of Khan Younis who had already fled the eastern part of Khan Younis as the Israeli military expanded its operations,
We couldn’t find anywhere to settle as there were so many displaced people. Initially we sat on the rubble of a bombed-out mosque. Along with many of the displaced we’re just out in the open now. We’re somewhere with no water, we have to walk far to buy it, food is very scarce and the situation is very difficult,
As we ran away from the bombings, I saw dead and wounded people laying on the ground,
We wish to die, but we continue to live. We are tired, unable to go on,
The bombing was initially light, but an hour after the evacuation order it intensified,
Israeli forces told us about the evacuation order as they entered the area,
We found people running, racing to escape like judgment day had come,
I started asking those around me, and they said there were recorded messages on mobile phones ordering everyone to evacuate the area,
People aren’t being regarded as people,
We can continue counting aid trucks and speaking of routes and imagining alternatives, but the only true measure of our success is our ability to alleviate human suffering – and the suffering of Palestinians is Israel’s goal and desire,
They are suffering from the heat, the diseases spreading, and the poor hygienic conditions causing skin rashes and other issues,
We have collectively failed. This council has failed,
We will defend ourselves from those who seek to annihilate us,
People who managed to evacuate are on the streets; they did not have time to gather their belongings,