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They were told to leave their homes. They did. They were still bombed
9 October 2023 21:06 BST
Palestinians in Beit Hanoun woke up on Sunday to clear instructions from the Israeli army: leave your homes and head to the city centre.
The warning, which usually precedes Israeli air strikes, was unsurprising, given that Israeli bombs had rained down on the besieged Gaza Strip for a third successive day.
'It's a massacre that no one imagined could happen'
- Muhammed Lubbad, resident
Many in Beit Hanoun, a densely packed area in northeast Gaza, heeded the call.
They went westwards, some two kilometres away, to the Jabalia refugee camp, in the hope of finding relative safety.
But instead, they were greeted with death.
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