Hamas is actively preventing residents of Gaza from evacuating to safe zones, according to multiple sources including the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and American officials. Phone calls between IDF officers and Gaza residents reveal that Hamas is confiscating ID cards and car keys, effectively trapping people in dangerous areas. The IDF has reported that hundreds of thousands of Gazans have already been evacuated, but Hamas is actively preventing others from doing so. American citizens are also being targeted, with Jake Sullivan, the NSA, stating that Hamas is trying to stop them from leaving Gaza. These actions by Hamas have been condemned as they force civilians to be human shields.
NSA Jake Sullivan: Hamas 'Taking Steps to Try and Stop' Americans from Leaving Gaza https://t.co/DfHQZanddN
Jake Sullivan says no Americans have been able to leave Gaza https://t.co/BDBOJvqRUT https://t.co/gnfvzY050q
Sullivan says no Americans have been able to leave Gaza https://t.co/uaXy78M2gb https://t.co/VrulgHo35W
The @IDF and @cogatonline claim: Hamas is preventing Gaza residents from evacuating for their safety. Listen ⬇️ #Israel_under_attack https://t.co/gxTBZslw4g
Hamas is trying to stop American citizens from leaving Gaza, says @JakeSullivan46 https://t.co/JU4Jvs4Zpr
US National security advisor Sullivan tells ABC that Hamas has intervened in the evacuations and made it hard for palestinians and Palestinian Americans to travel to the Rafah border crossing out of Gaza
Palestinian civilians in Gaza trying to evacuate to the south, tells an IDF Intelligence Officer about how Hamas is not letting them leave. Hamas is forcing civilians to be their human shield. https://t.co/fjdIDZtQWX
Listen to this phone call. A Gaza resident trying to evacuate southward tells an IDF Intelligence Officer about how Hamas is not letting them leave. https://t.co/R9purqIZhs
Watch how this Palestinian Gaza admits that Hamas is preventing them from leaving to a safe area when an IDF officer calls to urge him to evacuate. Hamas is killing Palestinians! https://t.co/nWg48vUObG
Hamas preventing Gaza residents from evacuating for their safety #HamasisISIS https://t.co/aFVxZnAPpx
Hamas preventing Gaza residents from evacuating for their safety https://t.co/d6XKGPfmXl
Phone call between IDF and a resident of Gaza. Hamas preventing residents from traveling to safe zone. "They're preventing the people from leaving. They're taking our ID cards and car keys." "Who is stopping them? Hamas?" "Yes, yes." https://t.co/5F2NP0GBtS
IDF: Hundreds of thousands of Gazans already evacuated, Hamas actively preventing others from doing so https://t.co/xZU3N6YazQ