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Adam Rasgon is a reporter for The Times in Jerusalem covering Israeli and Palestinian affairs

A version article appears in print on Aug 21 2025 Section A Page 9 New York edition headline Gazans Are Scrambling As an Offensive Looms

Natan Odenheimer contributed reporting article

Mr el-Halabi said We need one more than anything else

Mr el-Halabi remained optimistic Israel Hamas could reach a cease-fire

They returned to Gaza City during the cease-fire between January and March

He and his family lived in a tent for more than a year in 2023 and 2024

Hamdi Sweisi 38 a longtime resident of the neighborhood said he relocated last week to another part of the city with his wife and three children and on Tuesday he learned that his family's multistory building in Zeitoun had been blown up

Residents there say people were being ordered to evacuate

In early phases of the war Israeli soldiers have carried out operations in Gaza City including at Al-Shifa Hospital before withdrawing

Since the start of the war Mr Shehada had been displaced six times

Hassan Shehada scrambled to find an apartment in towns south of Gaza City after Israel announced its plan to invade

A correction was made on Aug 20 2025 an earlier version of this article misspelled surname of Israeli analyst and former military intelligence officer

That has been accompanied by campaign of brazen attacks by Jewish extremists on Palestinian communities

Israeli authorities have advanced plans for more than 20000 housing units as of late July already the highest tally in years

About 500000 Israeli settlers and about three million Palestinians live in West Bank

International community generally considers settlements to be illegal and obstacles to Israeli-Palestinian peace

Project known as East One or E1 was delayed for more than two decades

Israeli troops were sending remote-controlled vehicles packed with explosives to blow up buildings block by block in Zeitoun neighborhood

As many as 20 hostages are still believed to be alive