Gaza City (), October 14, 2023. Residents of Gaza City load a car with their belongings at the start of the evacuation after Israel warned of increased military operations in the Gaza Strip on October 14, 2023 Defense of Israel The Air Force (IDF) called for everyone to be evacuated on October 13 ahead of an expected ground invasion Civilians from the northern Gaza Strip
The terrorist group Hamas blocks roads in Gaza to prevent Palestinians from following government advice Israel to emigrate to the south of the territory. Satellite images taken by Israeli armyand show vehicles crossing a street and forming a huge line of cars. The mass displacement of thousands of residents of the northern Gaza Strip began after Israel distributed leaflets instructing civilians to move south. Around 1 million people live in the target regions of the attacks. Israeli forces are already stationed at the border and are expected to step up land incursions into the Palestinian enclave in the coming days. Despite Hamas’s efforts to persuade residents to stay in their homes, many people have moved by car, cart or even on foot to the towns of Khan Younis and Rafah, which are closer to the Hamas border. Egypt. This movement resulted in a huge line of cars being blocked by the terrorist group.
The American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who is in the Middle East, commented on the situation in a statement. He stressed that efforts to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza are hampered by the fact that Hamas is using innocent civilians as human shields and blocking roads to prevent Palestinians from moving to the southern Gaza Strip, where they would be out of danger . Satellite images released by the Israeli army show the terrorist group’s strategy to keep the local population in the targeted areas of the attacks. The situation in the region is tense and the conflict is expected to escalate.