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Published 23 Dec, 2023 12:10pm

Israeli attacks in Gaza ongoing in ‘designated safe areas’

All day yesterday and overnight, there were more relentless air attacks in the Gaza Strip — mainly refugee camps — that concentrated on the central part, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Rafah, southern Gaza.

More residential blocks were targeted directly and destroyed, creating more displaced Palestinians.

Many ended up going to areas designated safe by the Israeli military in Deir al-Baleh, in central Gaza. Unfortunately, the area came under heavy bombardment and artillery shelling in the early hours of this morning. It completely shatters any sense of safety and security.

Once again, people are saying this narrative about designated safe areas [in Gaza] is contradictory, vague and confusing for them.

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