By the end of the window, NPR had not encountered anyone able to use this so-called safe passage. Several drivers said it was impossible for anyone to make it through.
People search through buildings that were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday in Khan Younis, Gaza.TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's military said Hamas attacked a safe passageway from northern Gaza during a three-hour evacuation window it had set on Saturday.
Hundreds of thousands of people still stuck in northern Gaza had three hours to flee south. But it appears few people, if any, were able to leave. Palestinians look at the destruction after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Nov. 4, 2023. He continued,"The Salah al-Din Road is not valid for cars to pass due to its bulldozing and the stationing of occupation vehicles."
If any civilians were able to flee to the south of Gaza during the window, they could likely move no further than that once they arrived.
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