Some families in northern Gaza following evacuation orders by the Israeli military on Saturday say they don’t know where to go, and describe the dangerous situation in the area.
The IDF ordered residents and displaced people in several neighborhoods there to leave the area immediately and head toward “shelters” west of Gaza City, warning they are in a “dangerous combat zone.”
“I don’t know where we are going. We’ve been displaced 7 or 8 times. We and the children are suffering,” a father of three, who did not give his name, told CNN.Â
The father, who was driving a motorcycle with his young children and belongings, said Israeli forces “dropped leaflets saying they will invade the north.”
“We are only moving because of the little ones. I don’t care if I would die, but I worry about them,” he said, adding that “there is no safe place.”
“I don’t know what to say. Is this a life? Death is more honorable than this humiliation,” he said.Â
Another man described Friday night as “intense.” He said this would be his tenth time being displaced. Artillery is ongoing in the north, he said, adding his family is anticipating death any second.
“We are scared for our lives. I’ll go look for a place, pitch a tent. Anything to escape death,” he added.
