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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aseel Mousa in Gaza

‘Soldiers started shooting at my feet’: Palestinians describe fleeing northern Gaza

Palestinians walk after crossing from the northern Gaza Strip to the southern Gaza Strip as Israeli tanks move along Salah Al Din road on Saturday.
Palestinians walk after crossing from the northern Gaza Strip to the southern Gaza Strip as Israeli tanks move along Salah al-Din Road on Saturday. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

Dogs biting at a human corpse. An exhausted, heavily pregnant woman carrying a toddler on her back. A seemingly lifeless body pushed on a cart. The sights of the Salah al-Din road, the main highway that runs like a spine through Gaza, remain with those who’ve walked it.

“What we experienced cannot be seen in horror movies,” said Nahla from Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.

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