Thousands of Palestinians Flee Northern Gaza as Israel Continues its Bombardment

2014-07-14T20:49:00-04:00

Several thousand Palestinians, defying the urging of Hamas to remain in their homes, fled areas in northern Gaza early Sunday after Israel warned them through fliers and phone calls of major attacks to come.

Thousands of Palestinians, heeding the warning pamphlets dropped by Israeli jets, are fleeing from Northern Gaza. Many are crowding inside United Nations-run schools. As the death toll rises – entirely on the Palestinian side – a potential cease-fire agreement developed by Egypt will be debated in the Israeli Parliament.

During prior Israeli invasions of Gaza, the toll on the infrastructure of the small region was significant. Israel intentionally targets infrastructure that it understands to support Hamas. Unfortunately, it is often civilians who are both the main casualties and who must suffer in a devastated, overpopulated urban ar ea. And according to the Washington Post, in the recent attacks,"most of the Gazans killed so far have died in their homes."

The frequency and totality of Israeli attacks on Gaza – coupled with the ongoing economic blockade – leave little hope that their will be stability or normalcy for Gazans in the near future. Fundamentally, the devastated infrastruc...

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Thousands of Palestinians Flee Northern Gaza as Israel Continues its Bombardment