Gaza civilians afraid to leave home after bombing of ‘safe routes’
by Bethan McKernan and Sufian Taha in Jerusalem from on (#6FJKF)
Analysis of aerial photos and social media posts confirms attack on road identified as safe by Israeli army
A convoy of vehicles carrying fleeing civilians in Gaza that was hit by a deadly airstrike was travelling on one of the two roads identified by the Israeli army as safe routes" to the southern half of the strip, according to analysis.
The Friday afternoon bombing in Gaza City, which killed a reported 70 people, including children, occurred on Salah-al-Din Road, a main thoroughfare in the overcrowded territory, home to a trapped population of 2.3 million people.
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