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Thousands said trapped in Jabalia camp as Israel escalates attacks in northern Gaza

Mdecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has said that thousands of people are trapped in Gaza’s Jabalia camp as Israeli forces attack the area, Reuters reports.

“Nobody is allowed to get in or out; anyone who tries is getting shot,” MSF project coordinator Sarah Vuylsteke said on X.

Five MSF staff were trapped in Jabalia, she said.

“I don’t know what to do; at any moment we could die. People are starving. I am afraid to stay, and I am also afraid to leave,” she quoted Haydar, an MSF driver, as saying.

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