As the Israeli military continues to target areas of Gaza, Palestinians are facing difficulties in fleeing and also dealing with a worsening shortage of water and medical supplies. This situation has escalated in anticipation of an upcoming land offensive, just one week after Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Israel has taken to social media and dropped leaflets from the air, urging Gaza residents to move south. Conversely, Hamas is urging people to stay in their homes. The United Nations and various aid groups have warned of the dire consequences if residents were to rapidly evacuate, particularly for vulnerable populations such as hospitalized patients, older adults, and those unable to relocate.
An estimated 1.1 million residents, which is half of Gaza’s population, are included in the evacuation directive. The Israeli military has stated that “hundreds of thousands” have already heeded the warning and moved south. Palestinians are allowed to travel within Gaza between 10 am and 4 pm local time along two main routes without being harmed by the Israeli military, according to the Associated Press. However, the exact number of Palestinians remaining in north Gaza is unknown, as per a spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. “What we know is that hundreds of thousands of people have fled. And that 1 million people have been displaced in total in one week,” she said. Meanwhile, families packed their cars, trucks, and donkey carts with their possessions as they crowded onto the main road leading away from Gaza City, all while Israeli airstrikes continued to pound the territory.
Rows of tanks and armored personnel carriers have been assembled in fields near the Israeli border, facing Gaza, in preparation for the impending offensive, the New York Times reports. Israeli tank driver and rabbi, Shai Levy, expressed how the citizens are relying on them to defeat Hamas and eliminate the threat from Gaza once and for all. In the face of these developments, Hamas remains defiant. A leading official stated in a televised speech that “all the massacres” will not break the Palestinian people in Gaza. (Read more Israel-Hamas war stories.)
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