- Title: PERSONAL: Displaced Gazan family takes breather by the beach during truce
- Date: 27th November 2023
- Summary: DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA (NOVEMBER 25, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING / WALKING ON THE BEACH VARIOUS OF CHILDREN PLAYING ON THE BEACH A WOMAN CRYING / BEING COMFORTED BY ASMAA AL SULTAN CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE WATER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED GAZAN, ASMAA AL SULTAN, SAYING: “We are displaced, we came on foot from the north to Deir Al-Balah and we were displaced i
- Embargoed: 11th December 2023 07:37
- Keywords: Beach Family Gaza Truce
- Location: DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA
- City: DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001123827112023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Gazans have used the four-day truce between Hamas and Israel to take a breather by the beach, after seven weeks of continuous war.
Among those on the beach was the Al Sultan family, who were displaced from their house in the north of Gaza and are currently residing in a school.
“We used these four days (of truce) and came to the beach in Deir Al-Balah to allow our children to have some fun,” Hazem Al Sultan said. “We are anticipating the end of these four days, and we don’t know what will happen to us next,” he added.
The four-day truce agreed last week is the first halt in fighting in the seven weeks since Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostages back into Gaza.
In response to that attack, Israel has bombarded the enclave and mounted a ground offensive in the north.
Some 14,800 Palestinians have been killed, Gaza health authorities say, and hundreds of thousands displaced.
It’s not clear whether the truce, which ends on Monday (Nov 27), will be extended.
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