With nowhere else to shelter, Palestinians displaced in Gaza return to a city under Israeli assault

GAZA (Reuters) -Conditions in overcrowded coastal encampments for displaced Palestinians in Gaza are so desperate that some people who fled Israel’s new offensive on famine-struck Gaza City in recent days are heading back towards the falling bombs, they told Reuters.

Those fleeing are mainly seeking shelter either in the area by the sea immediately west of Gaza City or in Mawasi, a sprawling tent camp along beaches and farmland in the south that Israel has designated a humanitarian zone, aid…