{"id":454,"date":"2025-09-18T06:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/?p=454"},"modified":"2025-09-18T06:51:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:51:34","slug":"thousands-flee-gaza-city-as-israeli-bombardment-kills-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/?p=454","title":{"rendered":"Thousands flee Gaza City as Israeli bombardment kills 91"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gaza City endured its heaviest bombardment in two years of war on Tuesday, with Israeli strikes killing at least 91 people and forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee.<\/strong><br><br>The exodus came as high-rises, homes, and mosques crumbled under relentless fire, prompting the UN chief to condemn the offensive as \u201chorrendous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents described a city engulfed in flames and smoke. \u201cGaza is burning,\u201d Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz declared on X, as long lines of vans, donkey carts, and families on foot carried belongings along al-Rashid Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite early vows to stay, many residents have now abandoned their homes, fearing they may never return. Those who could afford the journey moved south\u2014though with no safe zone guaranteed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health officials confirmed at least 91 people were killed in Tuesday\u2019s strikes, including victims of an Israeli bomb that struck a vehicle carrying evacuees on the coastal road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seventeen residential buildings were destroyed across Gaza City, among them&nbsp;<strong>Aybaki Mosque<\/strong>&nbsp;in the Tuffah neighbourhood, hit by an Israeli warplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military also deployed&nbsp;<strong>explosive-laden robots<\/strong>, capable of demolishing dozens of housing units at a time. Rights group Euro-Med Monitor said 15 such machines were already in use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports indicated Israeli tanks were advancing into Gaza City\u2019s northern, southern, and eastern areas. Entire neighbourhoods were reduced to rubble, deepening the humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 1 million Palestinians had returned to Gaza City after earlier phases of the war, but their numbers are now dwindling rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those fleeing, conditions in the south remain dire. Al-Mawasi camp\u2014already overcrowded with families displaced from Rafah and Khan Younis\u2014has itself come under Israeli bombardment, leaving displaced civilians with few safe options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaza City endured its heaviest bombardment in two years of war on Tuesday, with Israeli strikes killing at least 91 people and forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee. 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