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The Shati refugee camp in Gaza City was one of the neighborhoods hit by Israeli airstrikes on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of people have remained in northern Gaza despite warnings to move south. David Satterfield, U.S. special envoy for Mideast humanitarian issues, estimated on Saturday that at least 350,000 to 400,000 people remained in northern Gaza. Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam International’s policy lead for the Palestinian territories, said that her in-laws were among the many people who had abandoned their homes in Gaza City, only to return. In their case, the place where they had sought refuge, in central Gaza, received an evacuation order from the Israeli military.
Persons: Al Salya, , , Ms, Ahmed Ferwana, Al Shati, Ferwana, Iyad, David Satterfield, Mohammed Dahman, Bushra Khalidi, , ’ ”, Khalidi, Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Al Shifa, ” Dr, Abu Salmiya, Arijeta Lajka, Riley Mellen, Iyad Abuheweila Organizations: Jinan Al, The New York Times, Associated Press, United Nations, Hamas, Oxfam Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Jinan, Jinan Al Salya, Rafah, Egypt, Jabaliya, Swiss, Rimal, Al Shifa, Israel, Al
They knew it would be perilous, but Jinan Al Salya and her family decided to heed Israeli directions to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip and head south. They fled their car before a shell hit it, sending it and their luggage up in flames, Ms. Al Salya, 20, said in a telephone interview. “I’m in total shock.” Ms. Al Salya said she believed the shell that hit the car had been fired by an Israeli tank; the Israeli military declined to comment on the incident. Despite intensifying Israeli ground operations, continued air and artillery strikes, a mounting death toll and a critical lack of resources, hundreds of thousands of people remain in northern Gaza. David Satterfield, U.S. special envoy for Mideast humanitarian issues, estimated on Saturday that at least 350,000 to 400,000 people remained in northern Gaza.
Persons: Al Salya, , , Ms, Ahmed Ferwana, Al Shati, Ferwana, Iyad, David Satterfield Organizations: Jinan Al, The New York Times Locations: Jinan, Jinan Al Salya, Gaza, Rafah, Egypt, Jabaliya, Gaza City, Swiss
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