GAZA, December, 5, 2024 (WAFA) – Under the occupation's bombardment, genocide, starvation and siege, thousands of civilians in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip were forced to flee after the army stormed the last shelters.

The civilians left the town through a checkpoint set up by the occupation army, where young men and men over the age of 18 were detained and taken for investigation, while women and children continued on their way to Gaza City, walking more than 10 kilometers.

For two months, the citizens in the northern Gaza Strip endured the bombardment, killing and starvation, and refused to obey the army's orders to flee and evacuate, but the horrors and atrocities they experienced forced thousands of them to leave the area.

Until Monday, during 60 days of genocide and ethnic cleansing, more than 3,700 citizens in the northern Gaza Strip were killed or went missing, in addition to about 10,000 injured and 1,750 arrested, according to Anadolu Agency.

Forced displacement

Amna Hussein, who was displaced with four of her children to Gaza City, told Anadolu Agency, "We were forced to leave, leaving our men behind under investigation by the Israeli army."

She added, "We were forced to flee after the tanks surrounded us and increased their shelling towards us in the shelters and surrounding houses."

Hussein explained that "most of those who remained in the northern Gaza Strip gathered in the past few days in the Abu Tamam Schools Complex in the town of Beit Lahia as a last resort for displacement."

However, "the occupation army took advantage of the gathering of people in those schools and advanced towards them at night and forced them to flee by force at dawn on Wednesday," according to Amna.

On Wednesday, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the occupation army warned the Palestinians to immediately evacuate the Abu Tamam schools, which house displaced people, through loudspeakers installed on "Quadcopter" drones, threatening to evacuate the schools by force.

Witnesses affirmed that thousands of displaced people began to evacuate schools under the threat of Israeli bombing, which caused panic and fear among them.

On October 5, the Israeli army invaded the northern Gaza Strip again, with the aim of occupying it after displacing them, under the pressure of continuous bloody bombing and a tight siege that prevents the entry of food, water and medicine.

Detention and intimidation

For her part, the young woman Iman Al-Masry, who arrived with her family to Gaza City as displaced persons from Beit Lahia, says that they were forced out of their home near the shelters.

She explained to Anadolu that the occupation army arrested her father and three brothers for investigation and examination, and until now they do not know anything about their fate.

She added, "My mother, my sisters and I are very worried about their fate. They have been detained with hundreds of displaced persons for several hours and we have not heard any news about them until now."

She continued, "On the way to displacement, the occupation army detained the women and children for about two hours, and the soldiers cursed us and fired heavily into the air to scare us."

Al-Masry added,"After that, they allowed us to leave in front of the military vehicles. The situation was difficult, the road was bad and everyone was crying with grief and fear."

Hunger, Thirst and Displacement

The Al-Basyouni family, consisting of eight members, lived with hunger and thirst, moving from one shelter to another, refusing to leave for 60 days.

But the family was finally forced to leave after the army arrested the father and sons and took them to detention and an unknown fate.

Nagham Al-Basyouni told Anadolu Agency, "The days of the siege were very harsh, we suffered from a lack of water and food and we were afraid of dying of hunger."

She added,  "Despite all that, we decided to stand firm, but what happened today and tonight (Wednesday) is unbearable, and the targeting was more severe than ever and very dangerous."

"We were forced to leave to the sound of shelling, gunfire and the siege of vehicles," indicating that the Israeli army, which claims to be humanitarian, deliberately humiliates people and displaced people on their way, and directs insults at women and assaults men without regard for international laws.

Nagham called on the world to take action against the actions of the Israeli army and stop all the killing and crimes it is practicing against the Palestinians.

Y.S