Where Can Palestinians Fleeing Gaza Go?

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00:00And we talked about the death toll earlier, 65,000 people.

00:05The UN Commission has declared a genocide

00:08and it becomes a very difficult situation for these people, Gemma,

00:13especially trying to flee Gaza City right now.

00:17And where are they going to go to?

00:19And is there any way that they can possibly ever return to their homes?

00:24Well, as you said, there's one route out.

00:26Interestingly, they're being pushed towards this so-called humanitarian zone further south.

00:35Now, today, the Israeli army said they're going to open another temporary route out of the city

00:43that's only going to be open for 48 hours.

00:45That's another corridor because the existing route has become completely congested.

00:50You know, you're seeing long delays.

00:52You're just seeing families by the side of the road.

00:54They don't really know where to go.

00:56So this sort of notion that there's another route being open for 48 hours,

01:00I mean, I don't know how much good that does,

01:04particularly for people who don't have anywhere to go.

01:08So over the sort of past year, there's been four countries that have been,

01:14five actually, if you include Jordan as well, that have been touted.

01:18Their names seemingly picked out of nowhere because when these countries are asked,

01:22oh, so you've said you're going to take in refugees, they're kind of confused.

01:28You know, there's been no talks about it.

01:30So Egypt, the Egyptian foreign minister, has said that Egypt will not take in any refugees

01:36on the grounds that to do so would be an end to the Palestinian state.

01:40They've been very firm on that.

01:42Now, other countries whose names have been touted, South Sudan, Indonesia and Somaliland.

01:48Now, South Sudan have rejected reports as baseless that they were ever going to take in all these refugees.

01:55Indonesia had said they would take in 2,000 Palestinians who need help or urgent medical care,

02:00but that they would then be sent back.

02:03And Somaliland said there's been no such talks whatsoever.

02:07Jordan obviously rejected the plans immediately.

02:11So as to where they will go, there is still no answer.