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'Growing Stream' of Gazans Flee Homes as IDF Prepares to Strike
Arutz Sheva ^ | 13/7/14 | Gil Ronen

Posted on 07/13/2014 2:47:22 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

The UN's special refugee agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, reported Sunday that about 4,000 residents of northern Gaza have fled their homes after the IDF told them to do so, starting last night.

In addition, about 850 Palestinians with foreign nationalities are leaving Gaza through the Erez checkpoint. Three hundred of these had already done so by the early afternoon.

Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets on border areas in northern Gaza, calling on the citizens to evacuate their homes before noon Sunday as it prepared to bomb the area.

The IDF warned that those who do not obey their instructions will be risking their lives and the lives of their family.

UNRWA has opened eight schools to accommodate the evacuees from the northern Gaza Strip, said Robert Turner, director of UNRWA operations, during a press conference held Sunday in one of these schools. He said about 4,000 people had already taken shelter in the schools and that the stream of evacuees was increasing.

Turner said that UNRWA will open more schools for evacuees if necessary, but pointed out that UNRWA schools can accommodate no more than 35 thousand people.

About 50,000 residents of northern Gaza similarly evacuated their homes and sought refuge in UNRWA schools during the IDF's Cast Lead operation in 2008-9.

Hamas tried to trick residents of northern Gaza into staying in harm's way. It called on the residents not to leave their homes and called Israel's warnings “psychological warfare intended to sow fear in people's hearts.”

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; evacuate; gaza; hamas; idf; iran; israel; kenyanbornmuzzie; lebanon; rockets; stih; syria; unrwa; waronterror
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To: Eleutheria5

Maybe they can go home to Jordan or Syria.


21 posted on 07/14/2014 7:25:55 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jewbacca

Or Egypt. Right there, y’know.


22 posted on 07/14/2014 3:45:13 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: GeronL

thanks for the link

teaching them young that it is okay to bite the hand that feeds you


23 posted on 07/14/2014 8:57:39 PM PDT by SisterK (the great tribulation begins)
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To: Star Traveler
4,000 residents of northern Gaza have fled their homes after the IDF told them to do so, starting last night.

In addition, about 850 Palestinians with foreign nationalities are leaving Gaza through the Erez checkpoint. Three hundred of these had already done so by the early afternoon.

There ya go.

Hey islamofilth dirtbags!

Don't let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya.

24 posted on 07/14/2014 9:02:44 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Old Yeller
They just throw it all on the ground where it accumulates. Palestinians live in a self caused pig sty.

So I'm not too far off the mark when I call them islamofilth?

25 posted on 07/14/2014 9:06:09 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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