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

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...