Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms

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Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians began a mass exodus from northern Gaza Friday after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern part of the besieged territory, an unprecedented order ahead of an expected ground invasion

The U.N. warned that so many people fleeing en masse — almost half the Gaza population — would be calamitous. Hamas, which staged a shocking and brutal attack on Israel nearly a week ago and has fired thousands of rockets since, dismissed the evacuation order as a ploy and called on people to stay in their homes.

Israel has bombarded Gaza round-the-clock since Hamas' attack, in which its fighters massacred hundreds in southern Israel and snatched some 150 people to Gaza as hostages. Israel said it needed to target Hamas’ military infrastructure, much of which is buried deep underground. Another spokesperson, Jonathan Conricus, said the military would take “extensive efforts to avoid harming civilians” and that residents would be allowed to return when the war is over.

Hamas called on Palestinians to stay in their homes, saying Israel “is trying to create confusion" among the population. It urged Palestinians to ignore what it called ”psychological warfare.”Many Palestinians in Gaza still struggled with indecision, not knowing whether to leave or stay. Gaza’s Health Ministry said it was impossible to evacuate the many wounded from hospitals — already struggling with high numbers of dead and injured. “We cannot evacuate hospitals and leave the wounded and sick to die,” spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra said.

“The roads are rubble, fuel is scarce, and the main hospital is in the evacuation zone,” he said."World leaders should speak up now before it is too late.”

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