A million people, most of whom will have to move on foot due to lack of fuel, through rubble-filled streets and around collapsed buildings. Who will also need to take food and water with them or have none when they arrive wherever they’re going. While bombs are falling from overhead.
Some, many, will make an attempt - see pictures below.
Also, keep in mind that with no power Gaza is dark at night in a way we’re no longer accustomed to (not) see. People are only going to make progress in moving in daylight, and there’s only about 12 hours of that a day right now.
No, not possible.
Also, people already in the south of Gaza are reporting they’re getting bombed, too, so… yeah, big improvement there.
That’s leaving aside the sealed borders and Hamas telling people to stay put.
“Ugly” doesn’t cover what’s about to happen.
Yep, half of Gaza is under 18.
The news last night was showing truck loads of kids being moved south but I only see a few adults other than drivers. I wonder if some Gazans are opting to move their kids in hopes they’ll survive?
Clearly people are using every form of transport they can find. This is 21st Century war: people riding a donkey cart with one of them talking on a cell phone:
Including on foot
There have not, however, been any elections in the ensuing years. Hamas has a history of either expelling or outright killing any whiff of opposition. And for damn sure Hamas never tolerated civilians being armed.
Yes, Hamas was a elected but they are not a democracy. If Gazans had wanted a change they were never allowed it.