Days after returning to their homes in northern Gaza, Israel once again displaces dozens of Palestinian families

Only a few days after returning to their homes in the Beit Lahia town in north Gaza, dozens of Palestinian families were once again forcibly displaced by the Israeli army. 

The new Israeli military orders came under the pretext that its forces are about to launch a heavy assault at allegedly military sites belonging to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other armed local factions. 

Separately speaking to The New Arab, several residents of Beit Lahia expressed shock and dismay over the Israel army's order to leave their homes. Many of them do not know where to go. 

Once again Hanadi Abu Nada, a Beit Lahia-based Palestinian woman, found herself, with her five children, in a race against death as the Israeli army opened fire indiscriminately, while warplanes continuously struck their neighbourhood. 

"Since this war broke out seven months ago, we have never seen any good day (...) We have been constantly living under danger and pressure, escaping from one place to another, without much hope," the 48-year-old middle-aged woman remarked to TNA. 

For Abu Nadda, the worst thing with this new forced evacuation is returning back to an overcrowded school next to her town, sheltering and living among tens of thousands of other displaced people. 

"I prayed a lot for the end of this war," she said, emotionally. 

Avichai Adraee, the spokesperson for the Israeli army, claimed that Israeli forces  informed residents of the town to leave their homes immediately because their areas had become "a dangerous combat zone."

The developments in the town of Beit Lahia come after a battle between armed Palestinian elements and Israeli forces a few days ago, according to locals in the territory. 

"The endless war between the Israeli army and the armed faction will definitely destory the rest of our properties," Salama Al-Attar, another Beit Lahia-based man, said to  TNA. 

He fears his neighborhood would be destroyed, increasing "the loss of what remains of our property that could have helped us deal with the difficult conditions imposed on our people," he said. 

According to al-Attar, clashes between the army and the Palestinian fighters have been intense and ongoing. 

"It seems that Israel is seeking to end our resistance, but the facts are totally different. We believe that as long as there is occupation on our land, our fighters will keep fighting against Israeli soldiers," he stressed. 

The Israeli army has been conducting a large-scale war on the besieged coastal enclave after Hamas-led forces attacked Israeli military bases and civilian settlements within and around the Gaza envelope on 7 October. Around 1,150 people were killed, including Israeli soldiers and commanders, and about 240 were taken captive to Gaza.

The Israeli army's attack on most of the besieged coastal enclave since then has killed at least 34,000 Palestinians and wounding more than 77,000 others, mostly women, children and the elderly people. 

About 80 percent of the besieged coastal enclave areas has been destroyed by the Israeli army, the Palestinian government media office said in a press statement. 

"The Israeli occupation is deliberately increasing its military pressure on the locals to force them to depopulate their areas and head to the southern parts of Gaza in a bid to achieve their colonial goals in Gaza," the media office added. 

It called on the international community to pressure Israel to stop its illegal war immediately.