Civilians in Gaza declare that “death is better than leaving” after Israel gave them 24 hours to evacuate before unleashing an all-out assault.
After Israel allowed them 24 hours before launching an all-out assault, Gaza inhabitants said they would rather die than evacuate their homes. Despite the UN's warning that the area is "fast becoming a hellhole," there was little sign of a mass evacuation by Friday afternoon. 'Death is better than leaving,' said Mohammad, 20, as he stood in the street beside a building leveled by an Israeli air attack two days earlier near Gaza's center. 'I was born here, and I will die here; leaving is a stigma,' she says. With power outages and food and water running low in the Palestinian enclave following a week...
