Hamas has called on Palestinians to stay in their homes after Israel issued sweeping evacuation orders for almost half of Gaza’s more than 2.3 million people ahead of an expected ground offensive.

The Hamas authority for refugee affairs today told residents in the north of the territory to “remain steadfast in your homes and to stand firm in the face of this disgusting psychological war waged by the occupation”.

  • @assassin_aragorn
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    119 months ago

    Whatever the case, they bombed it. They should have known the variability in where it would land and called off the operation when they saw the humanitarian corridor was in that zone.

    • BraveSirZaphod
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      -79 months ago

      Was anybody actually hurt?

      Telling people to go to an area and then bombing a valid target next to it is scary, sure, but it’s not a deliberate attempt to kill civilians.

      • @theluckyone
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        89 months ago

        Did you read the article? I quote: “There were casualties.”

      • @assassin_aragorn
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        59 months ago

        Sure, but you really shouldn’t tell people a zone is safe if there’s a decent probability an attack could spill over into it.

        • BraveSirZaphod
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          -49 months ago

          If the choice is between keeping civilians in a dense urban area that’s going to see a ground invasion soon or telling them to evacuate to a safer area that may still see some nearby bombings, the latter is certainly preferable.

          • @assassin_aragorn
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            19 months ago

            Oh I completely agree. I’m just saying Israel should hold that area sacrosanct.

      • @filister
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        29 months ago

        Justice for thee by not for me