{"id":303208,"date":"2025-09-15T12:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=303208"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:03:48","slug":"300000-palestinians-forced-to-flee-as-israeli-strikes-pound-gaza-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/09\/300000-palestinians-forced-to-flee-as-israeli-strikes-pound-gaza-city\/","title":{"rendered":"300,000 Palestinians Forced to Flee as Israeli Strikes Pound Gaza City"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>The displaced people will be forced to al-Mawasi. A so-called safe zone that Israel has repeatedly bombed.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>14 Sep 2025\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;\u00a0Israel has ramped up its military operations in Gaza City, destroying dozens of buildings that Tel Aviv claimed are used by Hamas. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been forced from the city to the al-Mawasi area.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the IDF <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/idf-estimates-over-300000-palestinians-have-evacuated-gaza-city-ahead-of-ground-offensive\/\" >said it estimated<\/a> that more than 300,000 Palestinians have left Gaza City since Israeli military operations began last month. About one million people were sheltering in the city. Tel Aviv has ordered the entire population of Gaza City to evacuate to the Mawasi safe zone.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/14\/palestinians-flee-israeli-bombing-of-gaza-city-to-unknown-in-al-mawasi\" >sources estimate<\/a> fewer people have left Gaza City, reporting that about 900,000 are still living in the region. However, the Palestinian Civil Defence says the pace is increasing with 6,000 people fleeing on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/live-blog\/live-blog-update\/palestinians-flee-gaza-city-under-heavy-israeli-bombardment?nid=428053&amp;topic=Israel%2527s%2520genocide%2520in%2520Gaza&amp;fid=547926\" >videos and images<\/a> were published showing thousands of people attempting to flee the bombing. Some Palestinians <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/muhammadshehad2\/status\/1966939467241189621\" >say<\/a> they are unable to leave Gaza City because they cannot afford transportation out of the city and a spot in Mawasi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1967209005216072072&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.antiwar.com%2F2025%2F09%2F14%2F300000-palestinians-forced-to-flee-as-israeli-strikes-pound-gaza-city%2F&amp;sessionId=bbd118725003da7de2dd78680065fdf856ae9671&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1967209005216072072\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Over the past day, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/9\/14\/this-is-what-israel-has-done-to-gaza-city-in-the-past-24-hours\" >Israeli bombs<\/a> have destroyed homes, high rises, shelters, and medical facilities. The Gaza Health Ministry reported 32 Palestinians were killed during the bombardment on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The displaced Palestinians are being forced into the Mawasi region, which Israel has dubbed a \u201csafe zone.\u201d Palestinians question whether they will be safe in Mawasi as the IDF has bombed the displacement camp several times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s called a safe zone, but we have been living here for months and we know for sure that it\u2019s not safe,\u201d a journalist told Al-Jazeera stressed. \u201cHow can I call it safe when Israel killed and bombed my own sister within this \u2018safe zone\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, conditions in the camp city are deplorable. One displaced Palestinian man said, \u201cNot only are missiles pouring down on our heads, but famine is devouring us too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i>Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of <\/i>Antiwar.com<i> and news editor of the <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/libertarianinstitute.org\/\" >Libertarian Institute<\/a><i>. He hosts <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KyleAnzalone\" >The Kyle Anzalone Show <\/a><i>and is co-host of <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXsiX0NOIXbKLd8kNPbKjjQ\" ><em>Conflicts<\/em> of Interest with Connor Freeman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2025\/09\/14\/300000-palestinians-forced-to-flee-as-israeli-strikes-pound-gaza-city\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; antiwar.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 Sep 2025\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The displaced people will be forced to al-Mawasi. A so-called safe zone that Israel has repeatedly bombed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":303197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[1854,1199,1268,2242,87,865,1966,88,427,70,965,1025],"class_list":["post-303208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-palestine-israel-gaza-genocide","tag-crimes-against-humanity","tag-ethnic-cleansing","tag-european-union","tag-famine","tag-gaza","tag-genocide","tag-hunger","tag-israel","tag-palestine","tag-usa","tag-war-crimes","tag-west-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303209,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303208\/revisions\/303209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}