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Hamas Blocking Palestinians from Evacuating Gaza City

(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - A Gaza City resident told an Israeli officer that Hamas is preventing civilians from evacuating south ahead of Israel's planned ground operation, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday. "We want to go south but Hamas are waiting for us on the way. They tell people: go back home, there is no evacuation, go back, go back - and the people are scattering. People are really afraid. Some of them are going through side streets and looking for alternative ways. Hamas is standing on the seashore near Al-Nablsi and in other places, preventing the population from moving along the main roads." The IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) estimated that 70,000 Palestinians had evacuated Gaza City southward in the past 72 hours. "There are infrastructures in the south of the Strip sufficient for up to two million Gazans in accordance with international law," a senior defense official said. "We will enable a humanitarian response in central and southern Gaza, alongside moving the population south for their protection."
2025-09-04 00:00:00
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