Several of my friends here asked me if I’m in a safe place, but I struggle to explain the geography of Gaza and people from overseas struggle to understand it.
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In each governorate, there’s typically a city that’s surrounded with tinier villages, as well as some farmland, and some refugee camps.
The biggest city is by far Gaza City, where about 1 million people normally live, half of the Gaza Strip population.
The Gaza Strip was home to 2 million people at the beginning of the war. We don’t know how many people still live and how many were killed or died, with estimates ranging between 65,000 dead and 500,000 dead.
5/14
Before the war, I used to grow up and live in Gaza City, specifically in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City. Most of my family lived in Gaza City.
But my grandparents were originally from a village called Hamama, 25 km north of Gaza City, now completely destroyed and erased from maps, on land claimed by Israel since 1948, outside of the Gaza Strip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamama
6/14
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They last issued this map about a week ago.
🔴 The red zones are dangerous combat zones and must be evacuated. It’s a bit ridiculous how much of Gaza is in a red zone.
🟢 The green zone is mostly Al-Mawasi neighbourhood of Khan Yunis, they call it a humanitarian zone. It's overcrowded, it's impossible to find space there, and the main humanitarian organisation is the American GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation), which I'd rather keep away from as much as I can. You may have heard of it.
11/14
🔵 The blue zone isn't called a humanitarian zone, so the army says they can get there anytime, but it's not an active combat zone, it shouldn't be too dangerous.
My family and I were stuck in Gaza City but we found land to pitch our tent in the blue zone, in Deir al-Balah, and we can evacuate to it (even though setting a tent and living in it is very difficult).
The red zone must be evacuated if we want to live. But most of Gaza is still very dangerous.
12/14
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The Israeli army communicates with the people of Gaza through flyers thrown from aircraft but also through social media. They’ve got WhatsApp and Telegram channels and Facebook pages.
https://www.facebook.com/COGAT.ARABIC/
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaEss3j6BIEasQOawS1L
This is official Israeli communication in Arabic.
10/14
They last issued this map about a week ago.
🔴 The red zones are dangerous combat zones and must be evacuated. It’s a bit ridiculous how much of Gaza is in a red zone.
🟢 The green zone is mostly Al-Mawasi neighbourhood of Khan Yunis, they call it a humanitarian zone. It's overcrowded, it's impossible to find space there, and the main humanitarian organisation is the American GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation), which I'd rather keep away from as much as I can. You may have heard of it.
11/14
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There are 2 main roads that allow to reach the south from the north: Al-Rashid Coastal Road, and Salah al-Din Road. With frequent surprise Israeli attacks, Salah al-Din Road has become the road of death. People use almost exclusively Al-Rashid Coastal Road.
9/14
The Israeli army communicates with the people of Gaza through flyers thrown from aircraft but also through social media. They’ve got WhatsApp and Telegram channels and Facebook pages.
https://www.facebook.com/COGAT.ARABIC/
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaEss3j6BIEasQOawS1L
This is official Israeli communication in Arabic.
10/14
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The Mediterranean Sea is to the west of the Gaza Strip, the Gaza-Israel barrier circles everything, except in the south, where there is the Egypt-Gaza border. That border with Egypt is also under Israeli control. It’s a bit like if Canada controlled the US-Mexico border. Or if England controlled the Republic of Ireland-Northern Ireland border.
But the Egyptian government seems mostly ok with it anyway.
8/14
There are 2 main roads that allow to reach the south from the north: Al-Rashid Coastal Road, and Salah al-Din Road. With frequent surprise Israeli attacks, Salah al-Din Road has become the road of death. People use almost exclusively Al-Rashid Coastal Road.
9/14
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🔵 The blue zone isn't called a humanitarian zone, so the army says they can get there anytime, but it's not an active combat zone, it shouldn't be too dangerous.
My family and I were stuck in Gaza City but we found land to pitch our tent in the blue zone, in Deir al-Balah, and we can evacuate to it (even though setting a tent and living in it is very difficult).
The red zone must be evacuated if we want to live. But most of Gaza is still very dangerous.
12/14
I hope this helps you to better understand where your friends from Gaza are, where I am, and how difficult the situation is.
Please feel free to ask me if you’ve got any questions.
13/14
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I hope this helps you to better understand where your friends from Gaza are, where I am, and how difficult the situation is.
Please feel free to ask me if you’ve got any questions.
13/14
If you found this thread interesting, please share it with your friends and followers.
If you’re inclined to get me a coffee or a ghraybeh, please donate to my PayPal account or my Chuffed fundraising campaign.
➡️ https://paypal.me/Mohammedshbair727
➡️ https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza
You may alternatively donate to the Gaza Verified appeal to spread your donation across several families.
➡️ https://gaza-verified.org/emergency/
And don’t forget to protest, boycott, pray for us, message us…
Much love.
14/14
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If you found this thread interesting, please share it with your friends and followers.
If you’re inclined to get me a coffee or a ghraybeh, please donate to my PayPal account or my Chuffed fundraising campaign.
➡️ https://paypal.me/Mohammedshbair727
➡️ https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza
You may alternatively donate to the Gaza Verified appeal to spread your donation across several families.
➡️ https://gaza-verified.org/emergency/
And don’t forget to protest, boycott, pray for us, message us…
Much love.
14/14
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If you found this thread interesting, please share it with your friends and followers.
If you’re inclined to get me a coffee or a ghraybeh, please donate to my PayPal account or my Chuffed fundraising campaign.
➡️ https://paypal.me/Mohammedshbair727
➡️ https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza
You may alternatively donate to the Gaza Verified appeal to spread your donation across several families.
➡️ https://gaza-verified.org/emergency/
And don’t forget to protest, boycott, pray for us, message us…
Much love.
14/14
🤍🇵🇸🌹@mohshbair PS. The Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal is now over.
Please donate directly to Mohammed and to the other Gaza Verified families:
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Salah al-Din Road has been mostly unusable for a while. Too many checkpoints, and it’s too dangerous with shelling and random unpredictable gunfire.
But for the last 2 days, Al-Rashid Coastal Road is now under Israeli control too, and they closed it. It’s forbidden to go from south to north, only north to south. They’re denying Gazans freedom of movement, and they’re preventing the circulation of medicine. They’re isolating Gaza City.
16/19
They want to completely empty Gaza City of its population. What is it called when a country does that? Ethnic cleansing? Genocide? War crime?
The neighbourhood where I grew up is unrecognisable. The town where my grandparents were born was erased.
They say everyone who stays is a terrorist.
17/19
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The situation has evolved a bit, I’m continuing this thread because it has good visibility.
There are 2 main roads that go from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip: Salah al-Din Road in the middle, and Al-Rashid Coastal Road.
Two days ago, Israel seized control of both, and it closed them.
15/19
Salah al-Din Road has been mostly unusable for a while. Too many checkpoints, and it’s too dangerous with shelling and random unpredictable gunfire.
But for the last 2 days, Al-Rashid Coastal Road is now under Israeli control too, and they closed it. It’s forbidden to go from south to north, only north to south. They’re denying Gazans freedom of movement, and they’re preventing the circulation of medicine. They’re isolating Gaza City.
16/19
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If you found this thread interesting, please share it with your friends and followers.
If you’re inclined to get me a coffee or a ghraybeh, please donate to my PayPal account or my Chuffed fundraising campaign.
➡️ https://paypal.me/Mohammedshbair727
➡️ https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza
You may alternatively donate to the Gaza Verified appeal to spread your donation across several families.
➡️ https://gaza-verified.org/emergency/
And don’t forget to protest, boycott, pray for us, message us…
Much love.
14/14
🤍🇵🇸🌹The situation has evolved a bit, I’m continuing this thread because it has good visibility.
There are 2 main roads that go from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip: Salah al-Din Road in the middle, and Al-Rashid Coastal Road.
Two days ago, Israel seized control of both, and it closed them.
15/19
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Half a million Palestinians are still in Gaza City and the northern areas of the Gaza Strip. The situation is very difficult and very dangerous. Most notably the exorbitant costs of currently more than $4,000 per family to evacuate. Many people die in Israeli air strikes or random unpredictable gunfire. Boys, girls, mothers. And if they stay, their fate is likely to become martyrs.
18/19
I hope this helps you to understand that the situation is very difficult, very dangerous and very stressful.
Pray for the people of Gaza. Don’t let us down. 🍉🫂💔
➡️ https://www.paypal.me/Mohammedshbair727
➡️ https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza
19/19
🤍🇵🇸🌹#Gaza #FreeGaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #StopGenocide #CeasefireNow #SaveGazaPeople #Protest #Boycott #BDS
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They want to completely empty Gaza City of its population. What is it called when a country does that? Ethnic cleansing? Genocide? War crime?
The neighbourhood where I grew up is unrecognisable. The town where my grandparents were born was erased.
They say everyone who stays is a terrorist.
17/19
Half a million Palestinians are still in Gaza City and the northern areas of the Gaza Strip. The situation is very difficult and very dangerous. Most notably the exorbitant costs of currently more than $4,000 per family to evacuate. Many people die in Israeli air strikes or random unpredictable gunfire. Boys, girls, mothers. And if they stay, their fate is likely to become martyrs.
18/19
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I hope this helps you to understand that the situation is very difficult, very dangerous and very stressful.
Pray for the people of Gaza. Don’t let us down. 🍉🫂💔
➡️ https://www.paypal.me/Mohammedshbair727
➡️ https://chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgaza
19/19
🤍🇵🇸🌹#Gaza #FreeGaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #StopGenocide #CeasefireNow #SaveGazaPeople #Protest #Boycott #BDS
@mohshbair I weep when I read all this. Never ever has anything happened that made the Palestinian people deserve this. There is no dispute: Israel is utterly at fault, it's committing crimes - warcrimes and crimes against humanity.
No-one that supports the people of Gaza is capable of doing anything; those who can are world leaders, heads of states and generals. We can only keep shouting out loud that Israel must be stopped.
Please Mohammed, stay alive and safe. I am with you in my prayers
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P.S. this is obviously not an explanation for you, just saying that this is the explanation I've found goes well with people who don't seem to have a natural intuition to it.
