First person account: A journalist's terrifying escape to south Gaza

Aseel Mousa, a Gaza-based freelance journalist working with Middle East Eye, has lived in Tal al-Hawa all her life. Then Israel gave her 24 hours to escape an oncoming onslaught. She describes the chaos and trauma of her forced displacement. Here, Aseel tells her story:

"On Friday morning we didn't have any internet or electricity," she says. "Israel has cut both from Gaza, as well as food and water, as it bombs us relentlessly. Around 6am, my cousin managed to get hold of us on the telephone.

"'Aseel, we saw on the news, and I know you probably don't have internet, that Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee is threatening residents of northern and western Gaza to evacuate to the southern region,' he told me.

"Our situation was already dire. We were incredibly stressed and anxious. I had an evacuation bag prepared with only my passports, my ID and a set of clothes.

Read her full story here: A journalist's terrifying escape to south Gaza