Forced from their Gaza home by Israeli troops, a family makes a frightening walk through a war zone

Published April 2, 2024 12:02 AM

By SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — For days, Heba al-Haddad and her family huddled in their Gaza City home, watching Israeli troops drive their neighbors out of nearby buildings. Then in the dead of night, it was their turn. After blasting open their building entrance, troops stormed in and ordered them to leave. Witnesses say Israeli troops conducted a building-by-building expulsion of residents from nearby homes during the military’s two-week raid on Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital. For al-Haddad, her husband and kids and elderly in-laws, it meant a frightening walk through a war zone to southern Gaza.

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