Post by Jaga on Dec 9, 2023 23:32:28 GMT -7
2 mln people are forced to move to the small zone with no infrastructure, electricity, water, sanitation. It is sure that many would die. According to BBC it is NOT humane. It is worse than ghetto in Warsaw. At least in ghetto people lived in the homes.
www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67646964
As Israel presses its military offensive across Gaza, the army has been repeatedly advising some two million civilians to move to a "humanitarian zone" smaller than London's Heathrow Airport.
Al-Mawasi is a narrow strip of land by the Mediterranean Sea. It has few buildings and largely consists of sandy dunes and agricultural land.
The zone designated as safe by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), is just 8.5 sq km (3.3 sq miles).
Reem Abd Rabu has spent the last few weeks sleeping on the ground and sharing a tent with four other families in the area.
She is one of the 1.8 million Palestinians who have been displaced since the war began on 7 October after Hamas's attack on Israel.
She first travelled to Khan Younis after fleeing northern Gaza, but after nearby houses were bombed, she said she felt she had to go to the place the Israeli army identified on the map as safe.
Reem told the BBC al-Mawasi was an abandoned place, "not a place for human beings".
She thought it would be safe from the intense bombardment and fighting, but when she arrived, she found little to no basic services.
"Water comes one day and not for the next 10 days, even in the bathrooms. And it's the same thing for electricity," she told the BBC.
The IDF has urged civilians to move to al-Mawasi on at least 15 occasions on social media, the last on 2 December.
www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67646964
As Israel presses its military offensive across Gaza, the army has been repeatedly advising some two million civilians to move to a "humanitarian zone" smaller than London's Heathrow Airport.
Al-Mawasi is a narrow strip of land by the Mediterranean Sea. It has few buildings and largely consists of sandy dunes and agricultural land.
The zone designated as safe by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), is just 8.5 sq km (3.3 sq miles).
Reem Abd Rabu has spent the last few weeks sleeping on the ground and sharing a tent with four other families in the area.
She is one of the 1.8 million Palestinians who have been displaced since the war began on 7 October after Hamas's attack on Israel.
She first travelled to Khan Younis after fleeing northern Gaza, but after nearby houses were bombed, she said she felt she had to go to the place the Israeli army identified on the map as safe.
Reem told the BBC al-Mawasi was an abandoned place, "not a place for human beings".
She thought it would be safe from the intense bombardment and fighting, but when she arrived, she found little to no basic services.
"Water comes one day and not for the next 10 days, even in the bathrooms. And it's the same thing for electricity," she told the BBC.
The IDF has urged civilians to move to al-Mawasi on at least 15 occasions on social media, the last on 2 December.