Israel Is Carrying Out a Horrific Ground Invasion of Rafah
Israel has begun a ground assault on Rafah, where 1.5 million Palestinians have sought refuge from the brutal war on Gaza. International observers say the attack on Rafah, now the most densely populated place on Earth, will mean mass killings of civilians.
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, Gaza, on May 7, 2024. (Jehad Alshrafi / Anadolu via Getty Images)
“Rafah is now a city of children, who have nowhere safe to go in Gaza.”
That’s how the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) officials describe the refugee town that is now being decimated by Israel’s heavy bombardment and ground invasion.
Having already killed over thirty-five thousand Palestinians in Gaza, most of them children, Israel’s genocidal machine is now bearing down on Rafah — the last refuge for Palestinians fleeing the destruction elsewhere in Gaza. Overnight, Israeli forces invaded Rafah and seized control of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, while Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tanks pushed deeper into Rafah and rolled through the Gaza side with colossal Israeli flags.
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