Displaced Gazans say they were prevented from setting up tents in southern Strip; Gaza City resident claims Hamas members involved

In at least two instances, displaced Gazans say they have been prevented from setting up tents in an area of the southern Strip.

A video circulating on social media shows a man in an area north of Khan Younis who claims he was prevented from setting up a tent at the site, saying he was shot at when he tried to do so.

From the footage, it is not clear who the man believes attacked him.

Abdallah, a Gaza City resident who asked not to be named, tells The Times of Israel that his neighbor left Gaza City after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order amid a widening offensive, and set up a tent in the same area of the south shown in the video.

He says that it was Hamas members who blocked displaced residents from setting up the tents, arguing the land was “government property.”

It should be noted that some accounts on social media claimed that it was private individuals who were preventing evacuated Gazans from setting up the tents.

בימים האחרונים מסתובב ברשת הסרטון הזה – בו עזתי מספר שאנשים מנעו ממנו להקים אוהל בדרום הרצועה ואף ירו בו. האזור – צפונית לחאן יונס סביב מתחם "חמד". זה פורסם גם בעמודים שמתנגדים לחמאס וגם כאלה שמזוהים עימו בערך באותו הזמן, ונטען כי מדובר במשפחות עקורים אחרות (לא חמאס). עם זאת –> pic.twitter.com/vayk0fi2Wl

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