Gaza City residents fear Israel’s takeover plans

The inhabitants of the Gaza city told the BBC that they lived in fear after planning to seize the largest city of the Israeli government.

“We are peaceful civilians. We have no interest in what happened. Netanyahu knows that,” he said, Abu Mohammad, the settled Abu Mohammad.

“All this pressure is on us, not in Hamas. The leaders and families of the movement are abroad. They are not among us.”

Under the plans announced last night – And accepted by Israel’s security cabinet – the Israeli Army would focus on the control of the Gaza City, which hosted Hamas, release hostages and establish security control on the lane.

The plan was greeted with severe condemnation by most international community, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said that it would result in “greater forced displacement, more killing, more unbearable pain, meaningless destruction and atrocity crimes.”

A woman who spoke to a BBC team on a busy Gaza City Street, said it would be “completely catastrophic.”

He continued: “And there will be a death penalty for every Palestinian, I think the whole population in Gaza will be killed by either bombing or hunger.”

“We collapse in every aspect of life: food, education, health care. Even if the war is over, we will suffer for years.”

“I am very scared for my children and all the innocent people who died.

More than that 61,000 people were killed in Gaza Since the Israeli army began operation, on October 7, 2023, in response to the attack on Southern Israel led by Hamas, about 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were hostage.

According to the World Health Organization, at least 99 people, including 29 children under five years of age since the beginning of 2025, have died of malnutrition – this is probably underestimated.

Many quiet BBC told BBC that they were afraid of being displaced from their homes – or their temporary shelters.

Sabrine Mahmoud said: “I will not leave my house. We will not change again. We left the city of Gaza for a year and endured the hardest humiliation in Al-Mawasi. We will not repeat the mistake.

Abu Mustafa said that Israel has turned the evacuation into a game: ‘Take it out of here, now go there.’ ‘

Another calm, Ummad Shahalah, “We will not evacuate, because we have tortured when we did.

“We want Arab countries, Trump and all other countries to have mercy on us and to stand with us and to feel for us. We cannot provide a kilo of flour for our children. We cannot buy it.”

However, some Palestinians also directed anger to Hamas because they failed to end the war.

Ehab al-Helou wrote online online Gaza City and social media impressive: “I swear to God, Hamas leaders live in a world of science fiction. You have mercy on people. You will decide to sacrifice us?”

The activist and resident Khalil Abu Shammala accused the group of “choice of suicide” and taking the population of Gaza with him, and Hamas said that he had come to power on our dead bodies. “

Other inhabitants said that the Israeli army has control over their lives, saying they were indifferent to the new plan.

“What are they threatening? Gaza has been occupied. We’re in a cage, they’re surrounding the cage, and we’re in him,” a man said.