- Title: Gazans take to the beach for brief respite from war
- Date: 17th April 2024
- Summary: DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA (APRIL 17, 2024) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) GAZANS FLOCK TO SHORES OF DEIR AL-BALAH TO ENJOY WEATHER AND SWIM IN SEA PEOPLE STANDING ON BOATS, CHILDREN PLAYING ON SHORE VARIOUS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AT BEACH WOMEN SWIMMING IN SEA FAMILIES AT BEACH AND CHILDREN SWIMMING PEOPLE STANDING ON BOATS, CHILDREN PLAYING ON SHORE VARIOUS OF FAMILIES AT BEACH MEN STANDING ON BOAT IN SEA
- Embargoed: 1st May 2024 22:06
- Keywords: Gaza Hamas Israeli army Palestinians beach war
- Location: DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA
- City: DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001604317042024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Children played on a Gaza beach as displaced families left their cramped shelters for a short break from the war on Wednesday (April 17).
As children splashed in the shallow water, jumping over small waves, adults watched from the shore while basking in the sun.
Hundreds of thousands of people have left their homes in northern Gaza to seek refuge in tents, schools or the homes of friends and relatives in the southern part of the strip.
The beach at Deir Al-Balah was crowded with residents wishing to enjoy the hot weather which is hitting the Palestinian territories this week.
The war began when Hamas militants burst out of Gaza on October 7 and rampaged through southern Israel, killing 1,200 people, including babies and children, and seizing 240 hostages.
Israel responded with a fierce offensive that has killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health authorities, and turned much of the densely populated strip, home to 2.3 million people, into rubble, twisted steel and dust.
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