Israel National News reports: “The Hamas terrorist organization is reportedly attempting to create an ‘Israeli legitimacy trap’ in Gaza City, where harm to Palestinian Arab civilians can be exploited to increase international pressure on Israel to stop the war, according to Kan News.

The report states that this is why Hamas seeks to keep as many Gaza residents as possible in the northern part of the Strip, preventing their evacuation south. To achieve this, the organization is using threats, spreading media content urging residents to stay in their homes, and even resorting to violent acts against those trying to leave—including threats of execution.

Currently, estimates indicate that about one million Gazans remain in northern Gaza, with only around 80,000, less than 10%, successfully evacuating south so far.

Yesterday, the IDF published a conversation between an officer from the Coordination and Liaison Administration in Gaza and a resident from northern Gaza, revealing Hamas efforts to block the movement of the population southward…”