PA Prime Minister tells Gazans to ignore Israel’s evacuation warnings prior to bombings to serve as human shields for Hamas
PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh: “The [PA] government warns against the [Israeli] military order (i.e., warnings) that seeks to expel our people in the Gaza Strip and the creation of a new Nakba (i.e., “the catastrophe,” the establishment of the State of Israel), and we emphasize that our people will not leave its land and will not be expelled from it, regardless of how great the sacrifices may be.”
[Official PA TV, Oct. 16, 2023]
PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh made this statement in response to Israel’s warnings to Gazan civilians to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip and move south, prior to a planned Israeli ground campaign to eliminate Hamas’ terror infrastructure in Gaza, in response to Hamas’ terror war on Israel: