More than a million civilians sheltering in Gaza’s last place of relative safety brace for all-out assaultMiddle East crisis: latest news updatesAirstrikes on the Gaza Strip’s southernmost town of Rafah have killed at least 28 people as more than a million civilians sheltering in the area brace for the possibility of a full-scale Israeli ground offensive on the territory’s last place of relative safety.As Israeli forces have expanded ground operations steadily southwards in their war against Hamas over the past four months, Rafah – situated on the border with Egypt, and home before the war to about 280,000 people – has become the last refuge for more than half of the strip’s population of 2.3 million. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/10/dozens-killed-in-rafah-airstrikes-as-full-scale-israeli-ground-offensive-looms
Author : Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem
Publish date : 2024-02-10 12:35:12
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Dozens killed in Rafah airstrikes as full-scale Israeli ground offensive looms
