Quick #War warning:
The evacuation underway is *not* going to include everyone, but not everyone is staying because of ideology.
Yes, some believe Hamas when it says this is a 2nd "Nakba".
But 1.1 million people include many that the UN is sheltering in place, and everyone in hospitals who cannot be easily transported, along with their medics.
You *will* hear of more civilian casualties when the ground assault begins.
Because war is brutal.
Not because everyone who stayed "had it coming".
@MLClark I dipped into #MSNBC this afternoon. They had a retired U.S. general who recalled the mistake the U.S. made when it failed to plan for the occupation after the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. He fears that #Israel is about to make the same mistake.
I can understand that, from the IDF perspective, the longer they wait the longer Hamas soldiers can blend into the evacuees and escape. But that's not much consolation for the innocent.