GAZA: Thousands of Palestinians fled the north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday (Oct 14) from the path of an expected Israeli ground assault, while Israel pounded the area with more air strikes and said
Palestinians inspect the damage to a building after Israeli strikes, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 14, 2023. on Saturday from the path of an expected Israeli ground assault, while Israel pounded the area with more air strikes and said it would keep two roads open to let people escape.
"Around the Gaza Strip, Israeli reserve soldiers in formation getting ready for the next stage of operations," Israeli military spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus told a video briefing early on Saturday. "We lived a night of horror. Israel punished us for not wanting to leave our home. Is there brutality worse than this?", a father of three told Reuters by telephone from the hospital, declining to give his name for fear of reprisals.
"The first thing that needs to happen is the release of the women and children," he told reporters."I don't want to be political, I don't want to stand here with you. I love my friends and my home and my kibbutz. I hope we can return there and you'll never see me again." A senior US State Department official said the United States was working with Egyptian, Israeli and Qatari officials to open the crossing later on Saturday to let some people out. Washington had been in touch with some Palestinian-Americans in Gaza who wanted to leave, the official said, adding it was not clear whether Hamas would let anyone reach the crossing.
The United Nations says so many people cannot be safely moved inside the besieged enclave without causing a humanitarian disaster. It warned on Saturday of the threat of deadly water-borne disease without urgent deliveries of fuel to power Gaza's freshwater system.
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