{"id":30147,"date":"2024-05-26T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israel-hamas-war-on-gaza-tel-aviv-rocket-barrage-live-updates\/26\/05\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T15:48:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T19:48:59","slug":"israel-hamas-war-on-gaza-tel-aviv-rocket-barrage-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israel-hamas-war-on-gaza-tel-aviv-rocket-barrage-live-updates\/26\/05\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Hamas War on Gaza: Tel Aviv Rocket Barrage Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gazans have been uprooted time and again during the more than seven months of Israel\u2019s invasion and bombardment. Facing the prospect of having to pack up and flee once more, some in Rafah are putting off leaving, at least for now.<\/p>\n

More than 800,000 Palestinians have already fled the southern city of Rafah and its surrounding areas over the past three weeks as Israel presses a military offensive there, according to the United Nations. But many are holding on in what was once considered the safest place in the Gaza Strip, where more than a million had come to find shelter.<\/p>\n

They are exhausted, hungry and know that the next place they flee to likely won\u2019t be safe either. Israel has continued to bombard Gaza, even in areas previously designated as safe.<\/p>\n

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Israeli forces dropped leaflets ordering people to evacuate and launched a military offensive this month in the eastern part of Rafah, and they have been advancing yard-by-yard deeper into the city. The U.N.\u2019s top court appears to have ordered Israel to stop its offensive, but Israel, so far, has signaled that it will continue.<\/p>\n

Some in western Rafah are waiting to see what comes before getting out. Others have even fled and returned, having found neither safety nor the essentials of life elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most despicable word I don\u2019t like to say or hear is \u2018displacement,\u2019\u201d 30-year-old Randa Naser Samoud, a math teacher from northern Gaza, said on Thursday as the Israeli military pushed toward the center of the city<\/a>. \u201cEvacuation means loss of value in life, so much suffering and pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with her husband \u2014 a dentist \u2014 and their three children, Ms. Samoud has already been displaced four times. They are now living in a tent near a U.N. warehouse, and though their area has not received orders to evacuate, about three-quarters of the people around them have already fled.<\/p>\n

As Ms. Samoud walked with one of her young sons on Thursday, she saw trucks on the street being loaded with the belongings of families preparing to flee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe topic of evacuation is not an easy thing to talk about or decide on,\u201d she said. \u201cI am always talking with my husband about the plans if needed but it\u2019s still hard to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her father suggested they move to a school building in one of the cities where many people had fled for shelter. But Ms. Samoud says that the schools-turned-shelters are not good options because of a lack of sanitation and garbage piling everywhere. She worries her children will get sick.<\/p>\n

With each displacement, Gazans must start anew, as they often can\u2019t take much with them. Transportation costs can be hundreds of dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ultimate horrible thought on my mind is the moment that I have to escape my tent and leave everything I have collected or bought behind me,\u201d she said, pointing to the clothes, dishes and food they have in their tent.<\/p>\n

Ahlam Saeed Abu Riyala, 40, said that concerns about access to water have kept her and her family of eight in western Rafah after they were displaced four times.<\/p>\n

For months, they have been living in a tent steps away from the Egyptian border \u2014 close enough to speak to the Egyptian soldiers on the other side. As Ms. Abu Riyala stood outside her tent speaking to a neighbor, a water truck nearby pumped out clean drinking water for the displaced people in the camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now of two minds; I say we should evacuate Rafah before it is too late, but my husband says \u2018no,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cBut we cannot leave for many reasons, and water is the top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sounds of Israel\u2019s air and ground invasion keep them on edge. They can hear tanks and, at times, Israeli armed drones that play the message \u201csecurity\u201d in Arabic or the sound of dogs barking, she said.<\/p>\n

Even if they choose to leave, the cost of such a trek might be beyond their means.<\/p>\n

\u201cMentally, physically and financially, I\u2019m exhausted and fed up with the word \u2018evacuation,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI hate my life and all of this suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2014 <\/span>Raja Abdulrahim<\/a><\/span> and Bilal Shbair<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gazans have been uprooted time and again during the more than seven months of Israel’s invasion and bombardment. Facing the prospect of