Palestinians in Gaza City protest against the war and forced migration

Описание: (21 Aug 2025)
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Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 21 August 2025
1. Various of displaced people gathering, holding Palestinian and Egyptian flags, protesting against the war
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bisan Ghazal, displaced from East of Gaza city:
"We want them to stop the war on Gaza. We don't want to be displaced. 22 months is enough. Enough death. Enough destruction. Enough, enough. Look at us. Enough."
2. Close of the protesters, banner reading (English, Arabic) “Stop the war, stop the savage war, save us. We stand with all Arab, humanitarian and international efforts to stop the war against our defenseless people.”
3. Bisan Ghazal, displaced from East of Gaza city, interview shot
4. Various of people holding banners and protesting
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Al-Shawa, Director of the Palestinian NGO Network:
"We have lost more than 10% of our population, 85% of our buildings and facilities, and many of our cultural and historical landmarks. Gaza today is threatened with total destruction. Our Palestinian people must be spared the consequences.”
6. Mid of person with large Palestinian flag surrounded by people
7. Amjad Al-Shawa, Director of the Palestinian NGO Network, interview shot
8. Displaced people gathering, holding Palestinian and Egyptian flags, protesting against the war, banner reading (Arabic) “Palestinian National Press movement: No to displacement. No to war”.
9.Various of people holding flags and banners
10. Mid of people holding banners, reading (Arabic) “Save Gaza”, White Banner reading (Arabic) “A popular Palestinian gathering of independents, including all segments of society, tribes, families, the academic elite, and businessmen, calls for action to stop the war and aggression against our people, civilians, including the elderly, women and children. We call for Palestinian unity in the face of all conspiracies being hatched against our defenseless people.”
11. Various of people holding banners and flags
12. Various of people protesting among the tents
STORYLINE:
Dozens of Palestinians staged a protest in Gaza City on Thursday against the war and forced migration.

Waving Palestinian flags, demonstrators gathered amid destroyed buildings, rubble, and tents for the displaced.

Women and children joined the protest, holding placards that read “Save Gaza” and “Stop the war, stop the savage attack, save us,” as Palestinian music played in the background.

The protest comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to expand the Israeli military’s operation in Gaza City.

The Israeli military began calling medical officials and international organizations in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday to encourage them to evacuate the area ahead of the expanded operation.

It comes the day after the military announced the call-up of 60,000 reservists and the extension of 20,000 reservists currently serving to support the expanded operation.

“We want the war on Gaza to stop. We don’t want to migrate. Twenty-two months… it’s enough. Enough death. Enough destruction,” said Bisan Ghazal, a woman displaced from the eastern part of Gaza City, who was taking part in the protest.

Netanyahu is expected to give his final approval for the operation during a security cabinet meeting Thursday night, according to an official who was not authorized to speak to the media.

Production by: Wafaa Shurafa

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