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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-867857
As Gaza City Evacuation Expands, Pressure on Hamas Increases
(Jerusalem Post) Amir Bohbot - About 400,000 Palestinians have moved south from Gaza City so far, according to the IDF. "The movement of the population in general, and from Gaza City in particular, is what most frightens the Hamas leadership. Why? Because in their minds the word 'Nakba,' the disaster, the catastrophe describing the 1948 War of Independence and the refugee phenomenon, is burned in," an Israeli security source told Walla. "Every time the Palestinian public comes down from buildings, leaves their homes, and moves south, Hamas comes under pressure. Why? Because...there is resentment and anger that is directed toward Hamas." "The more people move south, the more power Hamas loses....The assessment is that once more than half a million Palestinians have moved to al-Mawasi and the coastal area in the south, criticism of the Hamas leadership will intensify to the point where signs of its collapse may begin to appear."