Many of those fleeing, some on foot, are struggling to find safety in the south, as homes, garages and storage units are already filled with people
Palestinians flee from northern Gaza to the south after the Israeli army issued an unprecedented evacuation warning to a population of over 1 million people in northern Gaza and Gaza City to seek refuge in the south ahead of a possible Israeli ground invasion.
“I started calling everyone I could to check if they have an empty flat, a garage or a storage unit that could be used as a shelter, but everyone was saying they didn’t have space.He eventually found an empty nursery, with the owner allowing his in-laws to shelter there.“We are still struggling to find proper water supply and electricity. None of us has proper food and it’s not clear how we’ll find some,” he said.
Hamas, a spin-off of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood formed in the late 1980s, has frequently taken up arms against the Israeli occupation and illegal settlements on occupied land – and advocates for the destruction of Israel. The militants operate out of the Gaza Strip, a tiny strip of land home to some two million Palestinians, which they have ruled since 2006 despite being regarded by many countries as a terrorist group.
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