Hamas tells Gaza City residents to stay put after Israel orders evacuation

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First Thing: Hamas tells Gaza City residents to stay put after Israel orders evacuation
theguardian.com

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”.

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In this case staying put will likely save more lives than trying to move 40k people per hour within 24 hours.

Not even Hamas themselves are saying they were doing it in order to prevent loss of lives during the evacuation.

A broken clock is right twice a day

That depends on wether Israelies will just level the whole place. One nuke would be enough. They have nukes and they seem to be unhinged.

Nah, Israel wouldn't nuke it. Even they can't convince citizens to resettle there if it's been irradiated.

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