Hamas has called on Palestinians to stay in their homes after Israel issued sweeping evacuation orders for almost half of Gaza’s more than 2.3 million people ahead of an expected ground offensive.

The Hamas authority for refugee affairs today told residents in the north of the territory to “remain steadfast in your homes and to stand firm in the face of this disgusting psychological war waged by the occupation”.

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    In this specific case isreal asked residents of Gaza city, a subpart of the Gaza strip to move to a more southern position in the Gaza strip. Like asking people to move from Manhattan to Brooklyn because they are going to blow up Manhattan. People are capable of moving within the Gaza strip. That doesn’t mean there will be housing for them however.

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      That doesn’t mean there will be housing for them however.

      Or food… Or water…

      Or shelter for a few days from now when Israel starts bombing the southern half.

      All this is doing is motivating residents of Gaza to pick up arms against Israel.

      Which a cynic would say is exactly what Israel wants

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      Like asking people to move from Manhattan to Brooklyn because they are going to blow up Manhattan

      Even if this analogy was representative, this would ALSO be a complete mess to try and do and that’s in a city with working roads, fuel, transportation options, easy access to telecoms/information, and support personnel. Even with all that, it would not be possible to do in 24 hours.

      I don’t think the analogy helped