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"In conflicts around the world, evacuations have long been used to rescue
people from serious harm. During the second world war, for instance, thousands
of children across Europe were sent to rural areas or abroad under evacuation
schemes initiated by governments and child welfare agencies.
The contrast in Gaza today is stark. We are witnessing an urgent, chaotic
evacuation ordered by a belligerent party to the conflict, which is fast
becoming a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel has told 1.1 million people in
northern Gaza to move to the south ahead of an impending ground invasion.
Put yourself, your family, your friends or colleagues into this horror for a
moment. How would you evacuate if you or your child was sick? How would you get
your elderly parents out if they couldn’t walk? How would you move rapidly to
southern Gaza if you had no fuel or transport?
Any of this would be hard at the best of times, let alone in the middle of a
war zone, on short notice and with nowhere safe to go. As one 20-year-old
woman, who had tried to flee south, said:
I was terrified, I thought I was about to die […] They told us to escape and
then they bomb people on the road. My father drove back to Gaza City. He
said if we are dying anyway, let’s be at home in Gaza."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
