STORY: Palestinians fleeing Gaza City moved along the coastal road in central Gaza on Wednesday (September 24), with some waiting for transport after what they described as increasingly intense military operations in recent days.

“We were determined to stay in our neighbourhood, in Sabra, and not leave, but the situation we saw was extremely dangerous and difficult," said Umm Mohammed, displaced with her two daughters.

Israeli forces pushed deeper towards the heart of Gaza City, and tanks have been seen in populated and built-up areas on Wednesday, as local health authorities said Israeli fire killed at least 29 people across the enclave, most of them in Gaza City.

Israel has regularly said it takes steps to avoid hitting civilians. Israel says it is seeking to eliminate militants from Hamas, which attacked southern Israel from Gaza in 2023, and free hostages still held by the group.

Hamas' October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel killed 1,200 people, and 251 others were taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's two-year-long campaign has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to Gazan health authorities, and has spread famine, demolished most buildings, and displaced most of the territory's population, in many cases multiple times.

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VIDEO SHOWS: DISPLACED PALESTINIANS MOVING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE COASTAL ROAD IN CENTRAL GAZA / FAMILY SITTING ON STREET SIDE / INTERVIEWS WITH DISPLACED PALESTINIANS

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SHOWS: CENTRAL GAZA, GAZA (SEPTEMBER 24, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF DISPLACED PALESTINIANS FLEEING WITH THEIR BELONGINGS, IN VEHICLES, CARTS AND ON FOOT

2. WOMAN CARRYING CHILD ON HER SHOULDER AND WALKING

3. DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, SALAH, PUSHING CART

4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING AND VEHICLES MOVING

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, SALAH (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:

“What can I describe to you? It is not like before - Before, they used to come in (advance) but leave the houses standing, more or less. Now, they put a booby-trapped robot in the neighbourhood, and you are forced to leave. Do you get it?”

6. PEOPLE PUSHING CAR WITH BELONGINGS ON TOP OF IT / PEOPLE PASSING BY

7. FAMILY SITTING ON STREET SIDE WITH THEIR BELONGINGS

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, UMM (MOTHER OF) FADI, SAYING:

“We ran out with nothing at all. As you can see, our belongings were left scattered until people pulled them for us on a cart. Just yesterday, we got our things and belongings, everything is covered in sand with some (things) lost, torn apart, or destroyed. No matter how much one talks or cries, it does not convey what is in the heart.”

9. UMM FADI’S FAMILY SITTING ON STREET SIDE

10. PEOPLE WALKING, CARS MOVING

11. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PUSHING CART / DISPLACED PALESTINIAN SALMAN ABU HINDI SAYING (Arabic): "Film, we are coming from Shati (Beach refugee camp)"

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, SALMAN ABU HINDI, SAYING:

“Quadcopter came to us last night, at sunset, they ordered us to leave or else they’d bring the houses down on us. That’s what happened, and after that, we fled.”

13. VARIOUS OF DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, UMM (MOTHER OF) MOHAMMED AL-KAYED, AND CHILDREN STANDING ON ROAD SIDE

14. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, UMM (MOTHER OF) MOHAMMED AL-KAYED, SAYING:

“We were determined to stay in our neighbourhood, in Sabra, and not leave, but the situation we saw was extremely dangerous and difficult. These robots that come into our area made us leave without realizing it.”

15. PEOPLE FLEEING

16. AMBULANCES MOVING

17. TOP VIEW OF AMBULANCES AND OTHER VEHICLES MOVING ON COASTAL ROAD