Hamas' brutality is unpardonable

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162. That kind of "evacuation" forced by Israel is illegal in the first place.

See international law.

Warnings have to be effective and result in civilians being kept from harm. Simply telling them to flee in the middle of intense bombing, without providing enough time and a safe way to get there (as was done for weeks before bowing to U.S. pressure and providing the bare minimum) is simply a cover-your-ass move at best. At worst, its real intent is to cause panic and terror among the population. There also needs to be a safe place to go to, with adequate housing and access to food, water and medical care. This is the obligation of the party ordering the evacuation, according to international humanitarian law.

By the time sufficient time and pauses in bombing were provided, many Gazans has already decided to stay rather than risk dangerous journeys to the south that also was being bombed. Many also were elderly, sick, disabled or simply too terrified to leave.

Declaring that any civilians that stayed will be treated as enemy combatants is also illegal. Civilians remain civilians, with the rights to all protections afforded to them under law, regardless of what Israel declares.

The "evacuation" of the North really amounts to forced displacement of its population, yet another war crime in a litany of war crimes.

The kicker and the special cruelty is the mirroring of the Naqba etched into the collective memory of the people, which could not have escaped the attention of Israel. Also a fundamental reason why hundreds of thousands of people did not leave.

Let's see now if the "evacuation" turns out to be temporary as promised.