Israel has called on Palestinians to “evacuate to southern Gaza for their safety” during the war against Hamas.
In response, Hamas is demanding civilians ignore the warning, calling them “fake” and stopping would-be evacuees from leaving Gaza City.
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Hamas is demanding that civilians ignore Israeli warnings to evacuate northern Gaza.
Political cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., made aliyah to Israel in 1971 and began drawing “Dry Bones” in January 1973. The internationally syndicated, award-winning cartoons ran in The Jerusalem Post for 50 years. They were reprinted in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME and other mainstream media publications. The “Dry Bones” story has been covered by CBS, CNN and Forbes, among other outlets. He was a member of America’s National Cartoonists Society and the Israeli Cartoonists Society. Kirschen died at 87 on April 14, 2025.
