The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) estimates that the city’s population has grown to at least 1.4 million, more than five times its prewar count, with thousands of people sleeping in tents with little protection.

That’s nearly 3/4ths of the whole population of the Gaza Strip at this point.

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    The next stage of the genocide against Palestinians done by the Israelis. And, once again, they’re broadcasting the next step of their genocidal plans to the world.

    It seems that each time Israel ramps up their genocidal intents they get materially and politically rewarded by certain countries. Specifically the US, UK, Germany, Australia. And more, to their shame.

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      A lot of the people who refuse to criticise Israel today would have been quite at home with the Nazis, even if they were jews themselves. It is the same with those who justify the wrong doings of whatever state they support.

      Isreal doesn’t belong in the middle east, it should be between Germany and Poland so that Europe would forever be reminded of its atrocities. Failure to forcibly eject these colonizers would only result in more innocent palestinian casualties.

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    Evacuate Rafah where? There is no place in Gaza right now that hasn’t been completely obliterated by Israeli bombs. Where will these people go? To yet another “safe zone” where they’ll just be herded like cattle and bombed?

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      Rafah is pretty much the last place for people to go, that’s why 3/4ths of the population is there at this point. There aren’t any “safe zones”.

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      They’re going to force them into Egypt, that was always the plan. It was obvious from the moment they told Gazans to evacuate the north.

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    Evacuate: forcibly relocate almost a million and a half people, which is a war crime. Another example of this would be the Trail of Tears.

    Attack Hamas: killing at least twice as many civilians as Hamas “fighters”. That’s the OFFICIAL numbers that the IDF are very proud of but refuse to prove, so the actual ratio is almost definitely much worse.