(Dan Tri) – Palestinian civilians cannot find a safe place to evacuate when the Israel-Hamas conflict turns the Gaza Strip into a sea of fire.
Gaza was devastated by fighting between Israel and Hamas (Photo: Reuters).
Peace seems increasingly distant in the Gaza Strip.
However, bombing of the Gaza Strip continued while 360,000 Israeli reservists waited for orders to enter Gaza inside armored convoys.
Non-stop attacks leave the Gaza Strip without a safe place.
Mr. Guterres called the situation in Gaza a `terrible nightmare,` but for the more than 2 million people in Gaza, it could quickly get worse.
Life under the `rain` of firepower
Before Israel proposed evacuation to the south, Lubna, a Palestinian civilian, took her four children and all the possessions they could carry to move to a friend’s house in Khan Younis, near the border.
At first, families were able to share a room, but now, due to the escalation of fighting, that is no longer possible.
`This house is no longer just for our family but includes other families. Seven of us women sleep in the same room while the men sleep outside,` Lubna wrote in a series of messages.
`There is no electricity or water. There are attacks everywhere,` Lubna said of the poor living conditions.
According to Lubna, life for evacuees in Khan Younis is not as safe as people think.
`When I say bombing everywhere, it was literally everywhere,` she said of the airstrikes.
Gazans lack everything and their lives are threatened as the fighting continues (Photo: Getty).
Not only that, the conflict has caused the Gaza Strip to have its fuel supply cut off for 2 weeks now.
Even when more aid convoys arrived from Egypt, Israel still banned them from bringing fuel for fear of falling into the hands of Hamas forces.
This makes life here extremely difficult.
Lubna added: `For three days now, we have had no water. We eat canned food and use plastic forks because there is no water to cook or wash eating utensils. I don’t even have water to clean properly.`
Lubna’s oldest child is 17 years old while the youngest is 8 years old.
According to Lubna, these children are inherently very calm.
`We want to return to our daily lives, but now, that seems like a distant hope. We want to go home but it is too dangerous,` she shared.
Lubna’s thoughts and circumstances are similar to the majority of evacuees here.
Khadija used a fake name when sharing: `We received a call to evacuate from the Israeli army and went to the city center near the hospital because we thought it would protect us.`
However, that place wasn’t safe either, so they continued south.
Khadija’s family is staying at Khan Younis with 30 other people in an apartment.
`Please stop the war,` Khadija pleaded.
Four days ago, US President Joe Biden brokered an agreement allowing 20 trucks carrying relief supplies to enter the Gaza Strip on October 21.
According to aid agencies, there will be no further deliveries today, October 22.
