More Palestinian families left Gaza City on Tuesday (August 26) after a night of Israeli shelling on its outskirts, as Israelis launched a day of nationwide protests calling for hostages to be released and the war in Gaza to end.

Residents said Israeli aerial and tank shelling continued throughout the night and early on Tuesday in the eastern Gaza City suburbs of Sabra, Shejaia, and Tuffah, as well as in Jabalia town to the north, destroying roads and houses.

"We don't know where to go... What is happening with us is a shame, it is really a shame," said 36-year-old Hind Mohammed Abu Warda, as she fled Gaza City.

The Israeli military has said its forces are operating in the area to locate weapons and destroy tunnels used by militants. Despite widespread protests at home and international condemnation, Israel is preparing to launch a new offensive in Gaza City, in what it describes as Hamas' last bastion.

At least 34 people were killed in Israeli strikes in the enclave overnight and on Tuesday, local health authorities said, including 18 people around Gaza City.

Around half of the enclave's two million people currently live in Gaza City, with several thousand already moved westward, pouring into the heart of the city and along the coast.

Others have ventured further south to central Gaza and the coastal area of Al-Mawasi near Khan Younis.

The war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led gunmen burst into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mainly civilians, and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures.

Israel's military offensive against Hamas has since killed at least 62,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to the Gaza health ministry, plunged the enclave into a humanitarian crisis and internally displaced nearly its entire population.

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IDEO SHOWS: VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS FLEEING GAZA CITY / PALESTINIANS PLACING THEIR BELONGINGS ON CARTS AS THEY LEAVE / COMMENTS FROM PALESTINIANS

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SHOWS: GAZA CITY, GAZA (AUGUST 26, 2025) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF DISPLACED PALESTINIANS MOVING IN VEHICLES WITH THEIR BELONGINGS, AS THEY LEAVE GAZA CITY

2. DISPLACED PALESTINIANS, CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS, WALKING

3. 36-YEAR-OLD DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, HIND MOHAMMED ABU WARDA, WALKING

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, HIND MOHAMMED ABU WARDA, 36, SAYING:

"We were humiliated a humiliation that only God knows about. We don't know where to go... What is happening with us is a shame, it is really a shame."

5. VEHICLES, CARRYING BELONGINGS, DRIVING / PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND AN ANIMAL-LED CART WITH BELONGINGS ON TOP IT

6. PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND AN ANIMAL-LED CART WITH BELONGINGS ON TOP IT

7. MAN STANDING ON TOP OF VEHICLE WITH MATTRESSES AND OTHER BELONGINGS NEXT TO HIM

8. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MOVING CART WITH BELONGINGS ON IT

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, HIND MOHAMMED ABU WARDA, 36, SAYING:

"Where is the south? Even if we die, we won't go to the south (of Gaza). The south is worse than here, there is no safety here or there... It is all the same."

10. PEOPLE GATHERING ON ROADSIDE, NEXT TO BELONGINGS

11. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE, CARRYING BELONGINGS, MOVING ON VEHICLES

12. 46-YEAR-OLD DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, UMM (MOTHER OF) CHAHER AL-MASRI, STANDING NEXT TO BELONGINGS

13. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, UMM (MOTHER OF) CHAHER AL-MASRI, 46, SAYING:

"They bombed the buildings around us, a plane came to us and told us to leave, 'you have 10 minutes'. As you can see, people are all leaving without taking anything. They just took what they can, what they can carry. God is our suffice and the best disposer of our affairs. What can we do?"

14. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE, CARRYING BELONGINGS, WALKING AND MOVING IN VEHICLES

15. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, UMM (MOTHER OF) CHAHER AL-MASRI, 46, SAYING:

"I really don't know. Here we are, wherever our feet take us, we will go. We did not find a place. We don't have a place to go to, I don't know. We didn't believe it when we found a place (before), now we have to find a new place."

16. PEOPLE, CARRYING BELONGINGS, MOVING IN VEHICLES

17. VARIOUS OF ANIMALS IN A CAGE PLACED WITH BELONGINGS ON TOP OF A CAR

18. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERING ON ROADSIDE, NEXT TO BELONGINGS

19. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE, CARRYING BELONGINGS, MOVING IN VEHICLES AND WALKING