[News] Israel tells thousands of Palestinians: Leave your homes, or you will be subjected to bombing

[Anti-Imperialist News]

  Israel tells thousands of Palestinians: Leave your homes, or you will
  be subjected to bombing

author Sunday July 13, 2014 11:08author by IMEMC Staff
*http://www.imemc.org/article/68454*

    Residents of several towns in the northern Gaza Strip received
    airdrops of leaflets on Sunday morning July 13th, warning them to
    leave their homes by noon, or risk being bombed. This is despite the
    fact that there are no shelters in Gaza, and all of the borders are
    sealed.

Image of the leaflet dropped on Palestinian towns in northern Gaza 
<http://www.imemc.org/attachments/jul2014/flier_dropped_in_northern_gaza.jpg>
Image of the leaflet dropped on Palestinian towns in northern Gaza

The leaflets state, "It is the intention of the Israeli military to 
attack from the air terror infrastructure and terrorists in the area 
east of Al-Attara. Residents must evacuate their homes by 12 pm, noon, 
today heading south towards Jabalia."

They continue, "The military's operation will be temporary and short. 
Those who do not adhere to these directives will jeopardize their own 
lives and the lives of their families. Be careful, stay safe."

A spokesperson for the Israeli military said that there will be a major 
military operation in northern Gaza on Sunday, and warned that "This 
will increase the amount of casualties". The military has already 
dropped over 2,000 tons of bombs on the crowded coastal Strip over the 
past five days, killing over 170 Palestinians. No Israelis have been 
killed or wounded in this same period.

The United Nations has estimated that nearly 80% of the victims are 
civilians. While Israeli officials claim that it is necessary to target 
civilian areas because "Hamas members hid behind civilians", the 
bombings have resulted in very few Hamas members being killed -- and 
those who have been identified as having a connection with the political 
party were not involved in any hostilities at the time they were 
targeted for assassination by missile.

In addition, the claim that Israel has targeted civilian buildings where 
Palestinian fighters store weapons has been questioned by eyewitnesses 
of these attacks, who say that no 'secondary explosions' have been 
heard, which would be the case if there were weapons stored in a building.

In the case of the town of al-Attara and nearby neighborhoods that 
received the warning leaflets Sunday morning, the residents have 
received no indication as to where they will be able to go to avoid 
bombardment, as IMEMC Gaza correspondent Rami Almeghari has pointed out, 
"No part of Gaza is safe at this point. There is no place that has 
escaped bombardment."

The Israeli military commander said in the statement that they will be 
targeting civilian areas in al-Attara because "We have identified more 
rocket fire from the northern Strip than other sectors."

Several hundred Palestinian homemade shells that have been fired toward 
Israel since the Israeli bombardment began on Tuesday. They have caused 
no casualties. In contrast, as of Saturday, over 2500 Israeli bombs have 
been dropped on Gaza. These include 456 naval rockets, 1604 air raids, 
and nearly 500 artillery shells.

In addition to the 174 Palestinians killed, an additional 1089 have been 
wounded, including 349 children, 171 women and 576 men. The Israeli 
bombs have targeted mosques and schools, destroying 3 mosques completely 
and 16 partially. 33 schools have been damaged. 6 hospitals have been 
targeted and partially damaged, including a center for the disabled 
where two disabled women were killed and scores of others were wounded.

Despite Israeli claims that these sites were 'hideouts' for Hamas, no 
Hamas fighters were among those killed in these attacks, and no 
secondary explosions occurred when the sites were bombed.
-- 
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