Palestinians loaded their belongings on cars and trucks and moved southwards on Thursday (September 25), as Israeli forces advanced deeper into Gaza City.

Ahmad Omar Tafesh, a displaced Palestinian who said he left the city due to the shelling, did not know where he was heading to.

Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people across the Palestinian enclave on Thursday, local health authorities said. They included 11 people from two families in Zawayda town in the central Gaza Strip, where planes hit a residential building.

Israel's military did not comment on the incident but said it had struck 170 targets across Gaza in the past 24 hours and attacked "terror infrastructure" used by militant groups to attack soldiers. Its forces were deep in Gaza City, it said.

Tanks have entered Gaza City as part of an offensive that Israel says is intended to eliminate Hamas following its deadly attack on Israel in October 2023 but which has caused extensive destruction, a humanitarian catastrophe and widespread hunger.

Hundreds of thousands have left the city in northern Gaza but many have hesitated because of security risks and widespread hunger.

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CENTRAL GAZA, GAZA (SEPTEMBER 25, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS ON ROAD, PEOPLE WALKING, VEHICLES MOVING, CARRYING ITEMS OF BELONGINGS

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN FROM GAZA CITY, AHMAD OMAR TAFESH, SAYING:

"The shelling is everywhere. They brought in (explosive) robots. Every day and the other, there is a robot, two, three of them, they bring them in every morning at seven o’clock. And there are apaches (helicopters) which fire, and the F-16, artillery shelling, all this military and naval shelling – all of it hitting us. They want to force us out of Gaza (City), but thank God, we will return to Gaza (City).”

3. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING ON VEHICLES LOADED WITH THEIR BELONGINGS/MAN WITH BICYCLE IN STREET/CARS MOVING

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN FROM GAZA CITY, AHMAD OMAR TAFESH, SAYING:

"We have these things. I don’t know where we are going. We are going wherever God wants. We say: ‘Thank God,' better than everything."

5. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ON THE ROAD

6. PEOPLE PUSHING VEHICLE LOADED WITH BELONGINGS

7. PEOPLE WALKING ON COASTAL ROAD

8. MAKESHIFT TENTS

9. DISPLACED PALESTINIAN HALA ABU KLOUB FIXING HER TENT

10. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN WOMAN, HALA ABU KLOUB, SAYING:

"We were in the north. The situation was very difficult, and they forced us out. There was a lot of shelling, and the situation was extremely difficult. ‘Belts of fire’ and quad(copters) did not leave anyone. And we left, against our will. Transportation was very hard. The displacement was extremely difficult."

11. VARIOUS OF ABU KLOUB BOILING WATER

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN WOMAN, HALA ABU KLOUB, SAYING:

"There is nowhere to stay. Here it is also dangerous - the quad(copters) from one side, and the military ships from another. I’m afraid of losing another one of my family members."

13. VARIOUS OF HALA WALKING ON BEACH WITH CHILD