Israeli military orders all Palestinians to leave Gaza's largest city
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00:00In Gaza City's Shujaiah district, not a single building was left standing after the
00:06Israeli army announced the completion of its operations in the area.
00:10The IDF said it destroyed eight tunnels and eliminated dozens of Hamas fighters.
00:16But as residents returned, they also found an entire neighborhood reduced to rubble.
00:22They spared nothing, not even the trees.
00:25There used to be a lot of trees here.
00:28What crime did they commit?
00:29What is my crime as a civilian?
00:31There are bodies of civilians everywhere.
00:36Fighting continued to rage in Gaza City on Wednesday, as Israeli forces dropped thousands
00:41of leaflets urging residents to evacuate once more.
00:45Many of the 350,000 people sheltering in the area have been in a constant state of flight
00:50since the start of the war.
00:52Some families say they've had to relocate over a dozen times.
00:57And despite Israel's insistence, it's trying its best to keep civilians out of harm's way.
01:02The UN on Wednesday denounced the permanent displacement imposed on the Palestinian population.
01:09Israel's instruction for people to leave Gaza City as a result of today's directives will
01:14only fuel mass suffering for Palestinian families, many of whom have been displaced many times.
01:20These civilians must be protected and their essential needs must be met, whether they
01:24flee or whether they stay.
01:27Israel's defense minister said Wednesday around 60 percent of Hamas fighters had been eliminated
01:32or wounded, a military achievement that's come at a tremendous human cost.
01:38Local authorities say over 38,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in
01:43Gaza since the start of the war.