Al Jazeera is condemning threats by the Israeli army against the family of its Gaza correspondent Youmna ElSayed. On Monday, ElSayed’s husband received a call from Israeli forces warning family members to immediately leave their home or be killed in a bombardment. The threat comes just days after an Israeli strike killed 12 family members of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh, including his two children and grandson. Al Jazeera said in a statement, “Israel’s actions continue with impunity as they attempt to silence the messenger.” Democracy Now! spoke to Youmna ElSayed last week. Youmna ElSayed: “Homes were targeted. Hospitals were targeted. In these same areas that people were asked to evacuate, hundreds of families who had evacuated from the north and from Gaza City were killed in those bombings. When we say there is no safe place in Gaza, we’re not lying.”

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    It’s pretty incredible that the idf didnt call and give warnings to the thousands of palestianian children already slaughtered,even after being forced from their homes.

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          Having Hamas fire a rocket from your building is probably more damage than the knocks.

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            If someone fired a rocket from the top of your building you would know. And you would leave. It’s not exactly a quiet thing.

            Now think about how many times that excuse gets deployed. Israel is straight up lying.

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              Hamas is the literal government so perhaps they should? Of courses they just torture and murder dissidents so it’s not like you can say no.

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        “I’m just going to be dropping bombs over here and if you get in the way it’s your own fault”

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      They probably didn’t have their phone numbers…

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      They not only called, they also dropped leaflets and text blasts to common telegram groups

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      What if I told you that they did. Those people simply either chose not to leave or were threatened by Hamas not to do so.

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        Yeah folks in crutical care at a hospital really have an option to act on the “leave your land and be a refugee elsewhere” message.

        Ethnic cleansing or genocide, so kind to give a choice.

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        What if i told you that when today the idf slaughtered civilians today at a refuge centre,which they admited they did,a warning wasnt given.

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          Let me guess, the Hamas leader hiding there was sick and could not relocate to a place without civilians. He had no choice to be there.

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            Let me guess,eveywhere the IDF slaughter civillians Israel are going to say they targeted hamas.Even though the bodies of children are piling up by the thousands.