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Hamas officials try to get families out of Gaza while preventing civilians from fleeing ahead of Israeli offensive

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While Hamas attempts to prevent residents of Gaza City from evacuating the city, as instructed by the IDF, the terror group’s leaders are scrambling to get their own families out of the enclave, COGAT revealed in a post on Sunday.

In a post to X, COGAT (Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories) showed several Hamas officials who made requests to Israel to allow their families to leave the Gaza Strip, and some even requested permission to leave themselves.

This comes amid repeated reports from Gaza City residents that Hamas has been instructing them not to leave the city, despite IDF instructions to evacuate, and amid indications that Hamas has even attempted to mislead residents into entering active combat zones by distributing fake IDF evacuation maps, instructing residents to enter areas already closed off by the Israeli military.

“While Hamas calls the residents of Gaza City NOT to move south, its operatives fear for their own lives and are seeking to leave the Gaza Strip,” COGAT posted to X. “They are using residents of northern Gaza as human shields while looking out for their own interests.”

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