Gaza residents decide to stay at home despite bombings

Following the Hamas attack, which cost the lives of 1,300 Israelis, the Jewish state promised to “open the gates of hell” to Gaza and issued an evacuation order for northern Gaza. the Gaza Strip. But some residents, despite the bombings, decided to stay at home.

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France Info – Sami Boukhelifa, RFI

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A man in a Gaza neighborhood partly destroyed by Israeli strikes, October 13, 2023 (RIZEK ABDELJAWAD / XINHUA)

The Palestinian enclave and its 2.3 million inhabitants are suffering the worst bombings in their history. The evacuation order launched on Friday October 13 by the Israeli army led to a significant wave of displacement of the population.

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But Tamer and his family won’t leave. “The bombings are currently targeting the northwest of Gazaspecifies the young man. We’re not the only ones who stayed.”, he said. For what ? What motivates such a decision? “We have nowhere to go.”replies Tamer, who affirms that “Even those who decided to leave are not spared. They are also targeted by Israeli strikes.”

“We have no more water, no more electricity. The strikes are uninterrupted”

Tamer, resident of Gaza

interviewed at his home last night

80% of Gazans are refugees, descendants of refugees. They come from Jaffa, Haifa, Beersheba, formerly Arab towns that became Israeli during the creation of the Jewish state. Our grandparents were chased off their land. No question of suffering this humiliation againsays Tamer. We will stay at home in northern Gaza and die at home.”


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