More than two years after Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza, in response to Hamas' Oct. 7 incursion, tens of thousands of Gazans remain in tents or damaged homes under Israeli army control and checkpoints, with many now fearing forced displacement west of the so-called Yellow Line.
When Umm Ahmed's children, trembling with fear, ask where the family can go to escape Israel's continued bombardment in southern Gaza's Khan Younis area, she has no answer.
In her small, devastated village near Khan Younis city, recent Israeli drone and artillery strikes shattered the tenuous sense of peace delivered by a cease-fire that has largely held since Oct. 10.
Residents say the strikes have targeted neighborhoods east of the Yellow Line – a demarcation established under the truce between Israel and Hamas.
The Israeli military says its troops are deployed in the area in accordance with the cease-fire framework, accusing Hamas members of crossing the Yellow Line and carrying out attacks
