Hundreds of thousands flee south in Gaza even as others refuse to obey an Israeli evacuation order.
Displaced Palestinian families from the northern and central Gaza Strip evacuate toward southern Gaza on Friday. to flee south from their homes in northern Gaza since Friday,
Rawan Abu Hamda, 41, also from Gaza City, started out on an evacuation route but quickly returned home after hearing reports of a strike that hit civilians on the road. She said hundreds of other families have also stayed in her neighborhood, many sheltering near al-Shifa hospital, in hopes the building won’t be hit by airstrikes — although the ceiling of the nursery department collapsed on Oct. 9 after shelling nearby.of the aftermath recorded along Salah Al-Deen Road.
Hamas has called on civilians to stay in their homes. Israel first issued the order to evacuate Gaza City and the north on Friday. More than a million people live in the area under the order.“They have time to move south, they have to start moving,” Israel Defense Forces spokesman Richard Hecht said Saturday morning. “We understand this will take time,” he added, but declined to say if, or for how long, the deadline for the evacuation, which has passed, would be extended.
“Many persons particularly pregnant women, children, older people and people with disabilities, will not be able to flee the area,” the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said in a statement. “They have no choice and must be protected at all times.”“The roads are rubble, fuel is scarce and the main hospital is in the evacuation zone,” said Clive Baldwin, a senior legal adviser at Human Rights Watch.
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