Israel’s military has informed the United Nations that the entire population of northern Gaza should relocate to the southern half of the territory within 24 hours, the U.N. spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said late on Thursday night, adding that such a movement — involving over one million people — would lead to “devastating humanitarian consequences.”

“The same order applied to all U.N. staff and those sheltered in U.N. facilities — including schools, health centers and clinics,” Mr. Dujarric said.

The U.N. was told that the marker dividing the north from south was Wadi Gaza, the statement said.

The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Friday afternoon in a closed consultation format

  • Zorque
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    261 year ago

    Yes, it’s the vehicles that are the problem and not a bunch of panicking people who don’t know where to go or what to do.

    I’m sure threat of imminent death at the hands of people who think they’re baby-killers is probably not affecting them at all.

    • wagesj45
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      181 year ago

      Come on man, use some critical thinking and context here. He clearly is not saying that cars some kind of an issue here. He was making an idle point about traffic jams in the US with hurricane evacuations and how that doesn’t apply in this situation. He’s not even making a value judgement on anything here.

      • Zorque
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        11 year ago

        They made a direct comparison. They placed blame on how vehicles are the main issue, and how Palestinians dont have them.

        Maybe use some critical thinking skills yourself.

        • WalrusDragonOnABike
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          31 year ago

          Who did? I was responding to someone who brought up that issue, so my response was related to their point and my comment was mostly intended to focused on how the lack of certain resources could negatively impact those who are dependent on those things.

          Otoh, the the difference in travel modalities makes a big difference in what problems there are and my comparison to hurricane evacuations obviously lacked in that respect. It’s only natural someone would point out that limitation of my comparison.