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On Friday, the Israeli military told roughly one million Palestinians in northern Gaza to leave their homes in anticipation of an Israeli offensive aimed at eliminating Hamas presence in the region. Palestinians are encountering pushback and roadblocks in their attempts to flee the region. The main avenue through which Palestinians can feasibly flee Gaza is the Rafah border crossing into the Sinai region of Egypt.
But Cairo, wary of political fallout and security risks, is determined to prevent an exodus of refugees to Egypt — warning it could be a death knell for the Palestinian dream of statehood.Calls for a humanitarian corridor or an escape route for Palestinians from Gaza as a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has escalated have drawn a blunt reaction from Arab neighbours.
Egypt, the only Arab state to share a border with Gaza, and Jordan, which is next to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, have both warned against Palestinians being forced off their land. It reflects deep Arab fears that Israel's latest war with Hamas in Gaza could spark a new wave of permanent displacement from land where Palestinians...The Israel Defense Forces has alleged Hamas is actively blocking the mass evacuation of Gazan civilians from migrating south in the Palestinian territory. The IDF also presented evidence of its claim ahead of its impending ground offensive in Gaza.
“Hamas has both issued warnings to their civilians not to evacuate and when people didn’t listen to those warnings of Hamas, they have actually stopped civilians and . . . convoys of Gazan civilians trying to flee from the situation and listening to our warnings, knowing that they are much better...
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