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”.

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Like asking people to move from Manhattan to Brooklyn because they are going to blow up Manhattan

    Even if this analogy was representative, this would ALSO be a complete mess to try and do and that’s in a city with working roads, fuel, transportation options, easy access to telecoms/information, and support personnel. Even with all that, it would not be possible to do in 24 hours.

    I don’t think the analogy helped

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      1 year ago

      Hamas is telling them not to even try. Not because it is logistically challenging, but because they want more Palestinian deaths. That’s inhumane.

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        1 year ago

        I am not defending the atrocities of Hamas, but what Israel is systematically doing with Palestinians isn’t exactly a role model.

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        1 year ago

        I agree that they should try, that wasn’t the part I was commenting on