On Monday, the Israeli army said it was evacuating around 100,000 people from eastern Rafah ahead of its expected ground assault in the southern city of Gaza. Around 1.2 million are currently sheltered in Rafah, according to the World Health Organisation. , Middle East News - Times Now
Rafah, which abuts the Egyptian border, is sheltering more than a million Palestinians who fled the half-year-old Israeli offensive through the rest of Gaza and say the prospect of fleeing yet again is terrifying.