In the midst of a harrowing humanitarian crisis, around 1.5 million Palestinian civilians find themselves crammed into Rafah, Gaza's southern city. Forced southward by relentless Israeli attacks, the population now exceeds the town's original capacity by more than half. The UN decries the dire conditions as disease and famine loom large. Israel's military actions, termed potential genocide by the International Court of Justice, have claimed thousands of lives. Yet, with Israel's looming ground assault on Rafah, fears mount that civilians may be pushed into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Egypt, however, adamantly refuses to accept large numbers of Palestinian refugees, citing historical, political, and security concerns.
Egypt has been accused of threatening a human rights group that first reported on the construction of a walled camp for Palestinian refugees in the Sinai Desert on the border with Gaza. Eighteen civil society groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, said Egyptian officials have been engaged in…
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Around 1.5 million Palestinian civilians are currently squeezed into the southern Gaza city of Rafah after repeatedly being forced by Israeli bombardment and ground assaults to evacuate further and further south.
Around 1.5 million Palestinians are trapped near the border, with nowhere to go. Egypt, however, has long opposed the idea of resettling Palestinians in the Sinai Peninsula.