There was little shelter and barely any services in al-Mawasi when the Abu Hatab family arrived seeking sanctuary from the intensifying bombardment around their homes in Khan Yunis.

But al-Mawasi was the one place they had been told they would be safe. From early November Israel urged the civilian population of Gaza evacuate to the narrow, sandy coastal strip the size of Heathrow airport.

On Wednesday night, the bombardment followed them to the so-called safe zone, when shelling rained down on their flimsy tents as they slept.

“They dropped leaflets and told us to come here, that this was truly the one safe place,” Bahaa Abu Hatab, one of the survivors said. “My brother took his children to protect them from the occupation’s missiles, but here they were martyred anyway, in this ‘safe’ place, in the tent that my brother set up in this field.”

At least 14 Palestinians, including nine children, were killed in strikes on al-Mawasi early on Thursday, according to the Hamas-run ministry of health in Gaza.

  • @can@sh.itjust.works
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    241 year ago

    I know we can be in a bit of a bubble here but are the rest of the population really not hearing about this?

    • SilverserenOP
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      251 year ago

      They actively claim all Palestinians are Hamas because they refuse to acknowledge that they’re supporting active ethnic cleansing.

      It’s kind of like how conservative voters pretend they aren’t supporting very open and blatant bigots.

    • Machinist3359
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      41 year ago

      They are getting a huge propaganda push on every advertisment avenue. TV, Hulu,YouTube,TikTok. If you can pay for reach, you’re getting Israeli propaganda aimed towards Americans

  • @OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
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    221 year ago

    The safe zone must have been a Hamas command centre. Classic Hamas, conveniently building command centres in the spots that would be best to strike if you were doing a genocide instead of a war

  • @Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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    The more of these articles acting surprised-pikachu-face that their actions are genocidal the more I realize these media companies are just flat out complicit in the genocide. Sure they’re not flat out doing propaganda for the genociders, but still it’s pretty much genocide denial.

    How many times do you witness “war crime” or “crimes against humanity” or hell, even “genocide” in these reporting. Never. They never do.