Posted on Nov 9, 2023
Israel-Gaza war: Dead bodies and tanks on road south as people flee
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Civilians fleeing intense fighting in northern Gaza have described seeing decomposing bodies and Israeli tanks along a designated "safe road".
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has told people - via social media and leaflets - to use the Salah al-Din road between specific times of day.
So what is this journey like?
BBC Verify has been looking at video, listening to eyewitness testimony and analysing satellite images to try to get a clearer picture.
Before the fighting started, northern Gaza was home to over one million people.
It has been heavily bombed and Israeli ground forces are now fighting Hamas there, following the group's attack on Israel on 7 October.
Salah al-Din is the main road crossing the length of Gaza and the Israeli military has told civilians to use it as an evacuation route. The road runs past Wadi Gaza, a valley the IDF uses to divide northern and southern Gaza.
The IDF has said people will be safer in southern Gaza although its air strikes there have continued.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has told people - via social media and leaflets - to use the Salah al-Din road between specific times of day.
So what is this journey like?
BBC Verify has been looking at video, listening to eyewitness testimony and analysing satellite images to try to get a clearer picture.
Before the fighting started, northern Gaza was home to over one million people.
It has been heavily bombed and Israeli ground forces are now fighting Hamas there, following the group's attack on Israel on 7 October.
Salah al-Din is the main road crossing the length of Gaza and the Israeli military has told civilians to use it as an evacuation route. The road runs past Wadi Gaza, a valley the IDF uses to divide northern and southern Gaza.
The IDF has said people will be safer in southern Gaza although its air strikes there have continued.
Israel-Gaza war: Dead bodies and tanks on road south as people flee
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"People waving white flags
The UN estimates up to 15,000 people made the journey on Tuesday, with around 5,000 the day before.
On Wednesday the Israeli military said it was opening the road for an extra hour until 15:00 local time because large numbers of people were using it. A military spokesman later claimed as many as 50,000 people had left northern Gaza along Salah al-Din Road on Wednesday.
The IDF has published video footage on X showing groups of people walking along the road, some of them waving white flags (to show they are civilians), with an Israeli tank next to the highway and facing them."...
"People waving white flags
The UN estimates up to 15,000 people made the journey on Tuesday, with around 5,000 the day before.
On Wednesday the Israeli military said it was opening the road for an extra hour until 15:00 local time because large numbers of people were using it. A military spokesman later claimed as many as 50,000 people had left northern Gaza along Salah al-Din Road on Wednesday.
The IDF has published video footage on X showing groups of people walking along the road, some of them waving white flags (to show they are civilians), with an Israeli tank next to the highway and facing them."...
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