[News] Israel Ordered Palestinians to Flee, then Bombed Their Convoys - This is What Happened

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Israel Ordered Palestinians to Flee, then Bombed Their Convoys - This is
What HappenedOctober 14, 2023
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Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in Israeli airstrikes on
evacuation convoys fleeing Gaza City on Friday. (Photo: video grab)

Dozens of people, mostly women and children, have been killed and wounded
in Israeli airstrikes on evacuation convoys fleeing Gaza City on Friday.

The grisly scenes showed dead bodies scattered on the roads, cars on fire
and small pools of blood everywhere, before official sources confirmed the
attacks.

According to Palestinian and international sources, the number of those
killed is estimated to be 70 with hundreds more wounded.
*Israel’s Evacuation Order*

The gruesome event was instigated by a call made by the Israeli army for
nearly 1.1 million Palestinians to leave northern Gaza and to evacuate
north, so that their lives may be spared.

The opposite took place, when the fleeing war refugees were themselves
targeted by Israeli bombs.

The UN humanitarian body, OCHA, said several “vehicles of those evacuating
the north were hit, killing more than 40 people and injuring 150 others,”
citing data from health officials in Gaza.

Media reports however say at least 70 were killed and over 250 injured in
separate incidents throughout the Strip.

“These incidents prompted many people to abandon their evacuation efforts
and return home,” the UN agency added, as “heavy Israeli bombardments, from
the air, sea and land, have continued almost uninterrupted.”

The Palestinian Health Ministry said that Al-Shifa Medical Complex was
treating “dozens of victims” injured “as a result of the Israeli occupation
forces targeting citizens who were forced to leave their homes.”
*‘Humanitarian Step’*

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled south after Israel issued its
order on Thursday night, initially giving Gaza residents 24 hours to
evacuate from the north to “save their lives” ahead of an expected ground
offensive.

Even prior to the evacuation orders, the UN had reported that at least
400,000 Palestinians had already been internally displaced.

The Israeli army had described its evacuation order as a “humanitarian
step.”

Israel has faced widespread criticism from human rights organizations for
the forced relocation order, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
urging Tel Aviv to reconsider it, insisting that “even wars have rules” and
telling all sides to respect international humanitarian norms.

“Moving more than 1 million people across a densely populated warzone to a
place with no food, water, or accommodation when the entire territory is
under siege, is extremely dangerous and, in some cases, simply not
possible,” Guterres said on the social media platform X early Saturday
morning.

The World Health Organization (WHO) also appealed to Israel to “immediately
rescind orders for the evacuation of over 1 million people living north of
Wadi Gaza,” saying that a “mass evacuation would be disastrous – for
patients, health workers and other civilians left behind or caught in the
mass movement.”

“With ongoing airstrikes and closed borders, civilians have no safe place
to go,” the WHO said on Friday.

*(RT, PC)*
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