‘Where do we want to be when we die?’
The Israeli ground invasion has reportedly begun, as Israel repeated its order for civilians to head to the south of Gaza. Colonel Era Goren said Israel are planning to ‘increase dramatically the amount of assistance’ coming in from Egypt.
But many people in Gaza cannot move from their locations further north. Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran spoke to Victoria Derbyshire of three generations of her family who have been sheltering in a church since an IDF bomb hit their house. There are frail people who cannot travel down roads which have also been bombed. Moran said the conversation has changed in Gaza, people no longer talk about where to go to be safe, but rather where they want to be if the worst happens.
‘It is difficult to target Hamas without hurting innocent people’
Calls have been growing for a humanitarian pause to Israel’s incursion to allow aid into Gaza and negotiate the release of the hostages, but Israel seems disinclined to listen to its allies.
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