In the wake of escalating hostilities and calls to evacuate Gaza City, the number of people leaving has spiked in recent weeks, according to aid workers.

Displaced from Gaza City, Palestinians arrive in the already overcrowded area of Deir al Balah in the Central Gaza Strip, fleeing once more from the Israeli offensive.

But the issue now is that there is not much space left in the area to host the increasing numbers of displaced people.

"As you can see, our furniture is thrown in the street," said Zahr Hisham, who is displaced from Sheikh Radwan. "Whenever you ask (about land) they tell you it's for rent, and as you see, no one has money to rent. We sold our tent to pay for the trip."

However, many families remain stuck because of the cost of finding transportation and housing, while others having been displaced too many times and don’t want to move again, not trusting that anywhere in the enclave is safe.

The United Nations have put the number of people who have left at around 100,000 between mid-August and mid-September. The U.N. and aid groups have warned that displacing hundreds of thousands of people will exacerbate the dire humanitarian crisis.

Sites in southern Gaza where Israel is telling people to go are overcrowded, according to the U.N., and it can cost money to move, which many people don't have.

The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, abducting 251 people and killing some 1,200, mostly civilians.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 64,803 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many were civilians or combatants. It says around half of those killed were women and children.

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