Amira Hass reports in Ha'aretz:
As of Sunday, the streets of Gaza are full of people fleeing – both
from Sheikh Ajleen, an area with open fields and houses, where battles
between Hamas gunmen and Israel Defense Forces soldiers are taking
place, but also from nearby neighborhoods. Everyone is carrying his
possessions.
from Sheikh Ajleen, an area with open fields and houses, where battles
between Hamas gunmen and Israel Defense Forces soldiers are taking
place, but also from nearby neighborhoods. Everyone is carrying his
possessions.
Thus, Mustafa and his family have joined the
statistics of the newly displaced, whose numbers increase by the day. A
relatively small number – some 20,000 – have found refuge in UNRWA
schools. Many more have moved in with relatives and friends: in Gaza
City, Rafah, Khan Yunis, Beit Hanun and the Nuseirat refugee camp.
The
military is steadily forcing the areas known as "population
concentrations" to move inward, "clearing" areas on the periphery –
first the agricultural land, and now the neighborhoods bordering them –
and pushing people into an increasingly smaller territory.
