GAZANS fear renewed displacement
Cape Times
|December 24, 2025
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Ahmed has no answer when her children, trembling with fear, ask where the family can go to escape Israel's continued bombardment in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis area.In her small, devastated village near Khan Yunis city, recent Israeli drone and artillery strikes shattered the tenuous sense of peace delivered by a ceasefire that has largely held since October 10.
Residents say the strikes have targeted neighbourhoods east of the so-called 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 ceasefire framework, accusing Hamas militants of “crossing the Yellow Line and carrying out terrorist activities”.
This story is from the December 24, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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