'Casualties everywhere': Canadian in Gaza describes chaos, hopes for evacuation

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Mahmoud Nasser said he could feel the ground shake as he watched two missiles land in the distance in Gaza, where essential supplies are running short and living conditions are becoming more desperate as he and other Canadians hope for an opportunity

The 30-year-old is sheltering at a relative's house at the southern end of the Palestinian territory and said homes in the area are"wall-to-wall" with people who have fled northern Gaza ever since Israel ordered a mass evacuation of about half of the enclave's population ahead of an expected ground invasion.

Some people have been venturing outdoors, even as Israel's retaliatory bombardment of the Palestinian territory continues, he said.Nasser, his wife, and younger brother are among the estimated 300 citizens Canada has been working to get out of Gaza, with their relatives, after a plan to allow foreign nationals to leave via a border crossing with Egypt fell through on Saturday.

He said he was living in his apartment in Gaza City on Oct. 7, when he heard Hamas had carried out a brutal attack on Israel. Hamas is still holding hostages taken from Israel and has been launching rockets at Israeli cities ever since. The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said an Israel airstrike caused the blast but Israel's military said it had no involvement in the explosion, saying Palestinian militants had fired a barrage of rockets near the hospital at the time.He said he was at his apartment in Gaza City on the third day of the war when he heard"everybody screaming, and frantically running."

Three days later, when Israel issued its warning to northern Gaza residents to evacuate ahead of a ground invasion, he said he and his family fled south to Khan Yunis, heading first to a storage facility.

 

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