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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Thousands of Gazans flee homes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThousands of Palestinians flee their homes in neighborhoods of eastern Gaza City, carrying bags of clothes, pillows and mattresses after renewed Israeli airstrikes, witnesses say.
An AFP reporter sees hundreds of Palestinians streaming out of Shejaiya, one of the areas worst affected by more than a month of fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Thousands more are leaving the areas of Zeitun and Shaaf, alarmed by a series of explosions, and heading toward shelters in UN schools, the witnesses say.
— AFP
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