Nothing like sending “safety instructions” through a twitter post written in English to a population that has no electricity and that mostly doesn’t speak the language.
Yes, people in the west specifically the US need to realize the only purpose of messaging like this is to put the barest level of grease on the window so that it lightly obfuscates what we can see.
This statement and others like it will be (attempted) to be put forth by Israelis and their defenders for decades to come when people bring up the genocide of Palestinians in 2023 and annexation of northern Gaza. They’ll say “no no read the tweets! See! They let them leave!”
How do the civilians of Gaza read this bullshit anyway? Oh wait, this isn’t for them
Especially weird if you consider that Israel has been destroying Gaza’s telecom infrastructure. There are like 15 ISPs there and all but two have been rendered inoperable.
By “Do NOT move north of the Strip”, do they mean not to attempt to use the Erez crossing, or are they telling people not to enter the North Gaza governorate?
Ultimately, this distinction doesn’t matter as it’s being broadcast via twitter in a language only about 40% of people in Gaza understand. It’s not for Palestinians, it’s for westerners who don’t know the difference.
Forcing civilians to the south and bombing them just happened a month ago.
"But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.'"
-Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Thank you
They’re going to annex North Gaza, and will kill anything remaining there.
