{"id":20520,"date":"2025-09-11T09:17:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=20520"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:17:48","slug":"thousands-flee-gaza-city-bombardment-as-calls-for-evacuation-intensify-gaza-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=20520","title":{"rendered":"Thousands flee Gaza City bombardment as calls for evacuation intensify | Gaza News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 11 Sep 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">11 Sep 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 200,000 Palestinians have fled besieged Gaza City in recent weeks, according to Israeli military estimates reported by Israeli media, with tens of thousands departing in recent days as military operations intensify.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International and other human rights organisations have denounced Israel\u2019s escalating offensive in northern Gaza, warning of \u201ccatastrophic and irreversible consequences\u201d for Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has issued renewed forced evacuation directives for approximately one million people to evacuate Gaza City, where it has stepped up bombardment of high-rise buildings while preparing for the next phase of military action in what it claims is Hamas\u2019s final stronghold. On Wednesday, the Israeli military announced imminent increases in targeted strikes near Gaza City.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians are being forced to move southward, where hundreds of thousands already endure overcrowded tent settlements that Israel periodically strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Many residents decline to leave, citing exhaustion and a lack of resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no safe zone in the Gaza Strip,\u201d said Fawzi Muftah, as people travelled with vehicles loaded with possessions. \u201cDanger is everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amal Sobh, displaced with 30 family members, including 13 orphans, recounted being stranded after their vehicle broke down without fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not have good blankets or good bedding, and winter is coming. What do we do for our children? We do not even have a proper tent to shelter us,\u201d said Sobh, whose husband was arrested during the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 126 Palestinians, including 26 children, have died from malnutrition-related conditions since famine was declared in Gaza City on August 22. Throughout the war, 404 people, including 141 children, have perished from malnutrition.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s war on Gaza has killed at least 64,656 people and wounded 163,503 since October 2023, with tens of thousands more believed to be trapped beneath rubble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published On 11 Sep 202511 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Roughly 200,000 Palestinians have fled besieged Gaza City in recent weeks, according to Israeli military estimates reported by Israeli media, with tens of thousands departing in recent days as military operations intensify. 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