Gaza’s evacuees are racing south with nowhere safe to go

IN JUST NINE days of war Hassan Abu Selmiyeh has already been displaced three times. First he moved to his brother’s house in Shati, a crowded refugee camp by the sea in northern Gaza. When that area felt unsafe he left for his daughter’s place inland. Then, on October 13th, he heard that Israel had called on the entire population of northern Gaza, more than 1m people, (see map). He thought it was a rumour—until he saw his neighbours start to leave.