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Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) After seven days without bombardments, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip woke up to the familiar sound of airstrikes in the early morning of Dec. 1.
"The war is back," Shaimaa Ahmed, a 20-year-old engineering student, told ABC News.
"We woke up to the sound of gunfire. Ship fire. Tank fire. They re firing from everywhere. It s continuous and strong," Ahmed, who had already fled her house on Oct. 31 following the orders of Israel to evacuate northern Gaza, said. "I feel like I m being suffocated again."
Israel resumed its retaliatory military operations in Gaza last week after the collapse of a temporary cease-fire as part of a broader hostage-prisoner exchange with Hamas. With thousands forced to flee again, some Palestinians told ABC News the war has resumed at an unprecedented pace and intensity.
New evacuation orders on Sunday left thousands to face another displacement in a desperate search for safety.
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Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) After seven days without bombardments, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip woke up to the familiar sound of airstrikes
Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) After seven days without bombardments, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip woke up to the familiar sound of airstrikes in the early morning of Dec. 1.
"The war is back," Shaimaa Ahmed, a 20-year-old engineering student, told ABC News.
"We woke up to the sound of gunfire. Ship fire. Tank fire. They re firing from everywhere. It s continuous and strong," Ahmed, who had already fled her house on Oct. 31 following the orders of Israel to evacuate northern Gaza, said. "I feel like I m being suffocated again."
Israel resumed its retaliatory military operations in Gaza last week after the collapse of a temporary cease-fire as part of a broader hostage-prisoner exchange with Hamas. With thousands forced to flee again, some Palestinians told ABC News the war has resumed at an unprecedented pace and intensity.
New evacuation orders on Sunday left thousands to face another displacement in a desperate search for safety.
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