Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)

It isn't just Hamas who's making them stay there. In the 1960's it was the policies of most of the Arab world to shove their undesirables to Palestine, into the refugee camps, and make them stay there. They artificially increased the Palestinian population to far greater numbers than it had been. It was the creation of a people bomb.

They're people and we have to deal with them as people, but to not realize that these people are being used as weapons of war by their own terrorists is not rational.

Not many people in Gaza today were alive in the 1960s. Citing history about what is going on right now isn't very useful. Both sides can point to historical events that make the other side wrong.

How is someone in Northern Gaza right now supposed to get to southern Gaza?

Also, Southern Gaza isn't safe from air strikes, so going there won't necessarily make them safe.

It is a cop out for Kirby to suggest that the reason there are people in Northern Gaza is because Hamas is using them as human shields. Hamas might be counting on them being human shields, but Hamas isn't forcing them to stay. The people don't really have any other option.

Hamas and Israel are both treating the people in Gaza like human shields.