(6 May 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Muwasi (Khan Younis) Gaza Strip - 6 May 2024
1. Various of vehicles and donkey carts loaded with items leaving area
2. Various of people unload their luggage, after they were displaced from eastern Rafah
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Al Madhoun, from north of Gaza City:
"There is no safety. There is no safety at all. We live at the mercy of God. The situation is difficult and there is no money. You can't even work for people, there is nothing. Even the coachman felt so sorry for me. They should stop the war. Take us out of here, take us to another country. There is no life here. We can't bear this anymore."
4. Various of Al Madhoun unloading luggage
5. Various of children sitting between the family's luggage
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mai Al Qasem, displaced:
"They threw leaflets at us. The Jews started throwing missiles at us from the plane. We left and fled with our children. There is no place for us to go, wherever you go, there is no safety. People don't fear for themselves, they fear for their children."
7. Various of people unloading their luggage after they were displaced from eastern Rafah
8. Various of people carrying their luggage
9. Various of vehicles loaded with items
STORYLINE:
The Israeli army ordered some 100,000 Palestinians on Monday to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah in Gaza, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion there could be imminent and further complicating efforts to broker a cease-fire.
The looming operation in Rafah - where more than 1 million Palestinians are sheltering and a high number of deaths is feared - has raised global alarm and Israeli’s closest allies have warned against it.
People leaving Rafah packed their belongings then loaded them onto vehicles and donkey carts to start their trip out of the area.
Many were filled with concern and had no idea where they should go next.
Israel has described Rafah as the last significant Hamas stronghold after some seven months of war, and has repeatedly said the invasion is necessary to defeat the Islamic militant group, which unleashed the current conflict with an attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
In Rafah, people received flyers Monday morning in Arabic detailing which neighborhood blocks needed to leave and said that aid services would be provided in other cities.
Palestinians in Rafah said people gathered to discuss their options after receiving the flyers.
Israel’s army said on the social platform X it would act with “extreme force” against militants, and urged the population to evacuate immediately for their safety.
About 1.4 million Palestinians - more than half of Gaza’s population - are jammed into Rafah and its surroundings.
Most of them fled their homes elsewhere in the territory to escape Israel’s onslaught and now face another wrenching move or the danger of staying under a new assault.
They live in densely packed tent camps, overflowing U.N. shelters or crowded apartments, and are dependent on international aid for food, with sanitation systems and medical facilities infrastructure crippled.
AP Video by Mohammad Jahjouh
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