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Palestinians flee to safer areas following Israeli air strikes. Israel's military on Friday called for the evacuation of civilians from Gaza City for their "safety and protection." Mohammed Talatene/dpa/picture alliance via Getty I hide caption
Palestinians flee to safer areas following Israeli air strikes. Israel's military on Friday called for the evacuation of civilians from Gaza City for their "safety and protection."
Mohammed Talatene/dpa/picture alliance via Getty IIsrael's military has ordered all residents of Gaza City and northern Gaza to evacuate to the southern end of the territory ahead of an expected ground invasion.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are struggling to evacuate - as closed borders hamper those efforts. Others refuse to leave the areas Israeli military forces say they will target.
For Jordanian Palestinians who have family in the Gaza Strip their loved ones are just 90 miles away. But that distance can feel painfully close AND impossibly far.
NPR's Ari Shapiro traveled to Amman, Jordan. He spoke with two Jordanian Palestinians who have family in the Gaza Strip about their hopes and fears.
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This episode was produced by Megan Lim, Michael Levitt, Vincent Acovino, and Brianna Scott with engineering by Hans Copeland. Aya Batrawy and Daniel Estrin contributed reporting to this episode. It was edited by Courtney Dorning, Jeanette Woods and Larry Kaplow. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
