By Mohammad R. Mhawish
On Sunday an Israeli military spokesman posted a public message on Facebook urging residents of Daraj, our neighbourhood in Gaza City, to evacuate.
I live above my parents’ apartment with my wife and two-year-old son. We decided to flee to my uncle’s house across the city. Then we realised Israelis seemed to be striking a different neighbourhood from ours, so we came back.
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