It has been just over two weeks since Israel began a slow-motion invasion of Rafah, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For months, Rafah had served as the last refuge for 1.5 million Palestinians who had fled from all areas of the Gaza Strip, assured they would be safe there. Rafah has become largely a ghost town, offering nothing to the displaced families who remain desperately seeking help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reuters news agency reports that Israel\u2019s military is continuing its attacks in three eastern suburbs of Rafah while Israeli tanks are advancing on Rafah\u2019s southeast and have reached the city\u2019s densely-populated western district of Yibna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe occupation is trying to move farther to the west. They are on the edge of Yibna, which is densely populated. They didn\u2019t invade it yet,\u201d one Rafah resident told Al Jazeera news agency. \u201cWe hear explosions, and we see black smoke coming up from the areas where the army has invaded. It was another very difficult night,\u201d he said via a chat app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Norwegian Refugee Council\u2019s emergency response leader in Gaza, Suze van Meegen, said many civilians were still stuck in the Rafah warzone. \u201cThe city of Rafah is now comprised of three entirely different worlds: the east is an archetypal war zone, the middle is a ghost town, and the west is a congested mass of people living in deplorable conditions,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople have no choice but to put their faith in so-called \u2018humanitarian safe zones\u2019 designated by the forces that have killed their family members and destroyed their homes,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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