Residents are desperate to find safe hiding places as the Israeli military prepares for what is expected to be a ground offensive accompanied by relentless air strikes. The journey to the south is also fraught with risks.

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"Many Gazans have refused to leave their homes for the south, fearing a repeat of the “Nakba” or “catastrophe”, when many Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes during the 1948 war that accompanied Israel’s creation.

Some 700,000 Palestinians, half the Arab population of what was British-ruled Palestine, were dispossessed and displaced, many spilling into neighbouring Arab states where they or many of their descendants remain. Many still live in refugee camps."

  • @TheRighteousMindEnglish
    49•9 months ago

    “They told us to escape and then they bomb people on the road. My father drove back to Gaza City. He said if we are dying anyway, let’s be at home in Gaza,” she said.

    Damn. This is really heartbreaking.

    • A_DudeEnglish
      -32•9 months ago

      Heartbreaking indeed, but just for the record- The road bomb which killed 70+ was from Hamas. They are literally bombing their own people, putting up roadblocks inside their cities, and confiscating people’s car keys to keep them in the area as human shields.

      • @GlitzyArmrestEnglish
        18•9 months ago

        Literally zero of those sources are reliable, thus the downvotes.

      • @boggedgibbon75
        8•9 months ago

        “The Israeli military said that many of the Palestinians are getting stuck in traffic caused by Hamas roadblocks”

        The Israeli military is 100% a propaganda machine.

      • circuscritic
        7•9 months ago

        My man, you’re sourcing rabidly pro-Israel sites, and Twitter.

        I’ve seen the same footage, but I don’t recall seeing Hamas confetti come out of the explosion.

        Yes, it’s entirely possible Hamas planted that bomb, but ascribing attribution with certainty is an impossible task at this point.

        Feel free to point out the valid question, but for your own sake, don’t automatically assume that “facts” from a warzone that are made readily available are somehow automatically credible.

        Music festival massacre, definitely Hamas.

        Air to ground bombs in Gaza, definitely Israel.

        Car bomb? Not so clear.

      • المنطقة عكف عفريتOP
        3•9 months ago

        They are literally bombing their own people, putting up roadblocks inside their cities, and confiscating people’s car keys to keep them in the area as human shields.

        How are they using them as human shields? These people just live there.