Middle EastDesperate Gazans flee Israeli bombardment in cars and on carts
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A Palestinian woman walks as she collects her belongings inside her damaged house in the aftermath of Israeli air and artillery strikes as cross-border violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues, in the northern Gaza Strip May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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After days of heavy Israeli airstrikes, and then intensifying artillery fire, some terrified residents of north Gaza are not waiting to see if there is a repeat of 2014, when a ground assault followed.
Under heavy shelling on Thursday night, Rewaa Marouf grabbed her children and fled the town of Beit Lahiya, close to Gaza s northern border with Israel.
Gaza residents flee Israeli bombardment in cars and carts Under heavy shelling and with fear of invasion, some residents have chosen to leave
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Members of a Palestinian family on a carriage pulled by a donkey in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip, as they flee Israeli air and artillery strikes to a safer location. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images
After days of heavy Israeli air strikes, and then intensifying artillery fire, some terrified residents of north Gaza are not waiting to see if there is a repeat of 2014, when a ground assault followed.
Under heavy shelling on Thursday night, Rewaa Marouf grabbed her children and fled the town of Beit Lahiya, close to Gaza’s northern border with Israel.
Reuters
Published: 14 May 2021 07:24 PM BdST
Updated: 14 May 2021 07:39 PM BdST A Palestinian boy pulls a cart carrying his brother and their belongings as they flee their home during Israeli air and artillery strikes, near the site of a tower building destroyed in earlier strikes in Gaza City May 14, 2021. REUTERS Palestinians ride on a donkey-drawn cart as they flee their homes during Israeli air and artillery strikes, in the northern Gaza Strip May 14, 2021. REUTERS
After days of heavy Israeli airstrikes, and then intensifying artillery fire, some terrified residents of north Gaza are not waiting to see if there is a repeat of 2014, when a ground assault followed.