Israel is demolishing Gaza City’s high-rise towers, flattening entire blocks that once housed thousands of people.The Palestinian Civil Defence said at least 50 multistorey buildings have been destroyed in recent weeks as Israeli forces press their assault on the city, all amid a wave of forced displacements.
Some neighbourhoods have faced near-total destruction. In Gaza City’s Zeitoun area alone, more than 1,500 homes and buildings have been destroyed since early August, leaving parts of the district with no buildings left standing.
[Al Jazeera]
Israel forcing people to move south
Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud said people are making their way from Gaza City to the southern and central areas of the Gaza Strip. However, some people have been coming back because they are unable to find a place to stay.
The only routes south are Salah al-Din Street and the coastal al-Rashid Street. Salah al-Din is sealed off by snipers while movement along al-Rashid, crowded with displaced families in tents, is deadly.
There is no safe place in Gaza, including the “humanitarian zone” designated by Israel in the southern coastal area of al-Mawasi.
Israel is deliberately pushing people south as part of its invasion of northern Gaza [Al Jazeera]
Satellite imagery from September shows entire neighbourhoods have been flattened and many hospitals, schools, places of worship and homes damaged or destroyed by Israeli attacks.
Below are before and after images from nine neighbourhoods in northern Gaza:
Sheikh Radwan
Over the past few weeks, intensified Israeli military operations have struck Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, a densely packed area known for its crowded markets and narrow streets.
Many residents who had sought refuge there have encountered tanks adva …