“We Would Rather Die Than Leave”: Why Gaza City’s Residents Refuse Israel’s Forced Displacement

On Tuesday, the Israeli military ordered Gaza City residents to flee to al-Mawasi in southern Gaza, claiming there will be better humanitarian services there and that it would be safer, amid a stated plan to occupy the city and forcibly displace about one million people to the south.

At the same time, an Israeli strike killed at least ten people in the so-called al-Mawasi “safe zone”, including seven children, while lining up to get drinking water.

Residents of northern Gaza…