JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli tanks that entered the periphery of Rafah early Tuesday stoked global fears that an offensive on Gaza’s southernmost city could endanger the more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there.
The ground assault dimmed hopes of an immediate cease-fire deal that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have spent months pushing for. In the hours before the attack began, Hamas agreed to a cease-fire proposal that the Israeli government swiftly rejected.
About 1.3 million Palestinians — more than half of Gaza’s population — are jammed into Rafah and face the prospect of having to evacuate with no good plan for where to find adequate shelter.
Here’s what we know so far about the operation and evacuation plan.
Now that Israel has begun ordering Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah, it is sending them to a patch of land whose current inhabitants say is little more than a makeshift tent camp with squalid conditions.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
People take part in 5Lotus flowers at West Lake of Hanoi, VietnamAutumn scenery at Pofengling Scenic Area in BeijingPalace Museum raises the number of daily visitors to 12,000People take part in 5People take part in 5Xi in My EyesXi Stresses Solid Efforts to Write a New Chapter in Reform and Opening UpJiangcun Village in East China's Jiangsu: sample of China's rural developmentFishermen harvest sea cucumbers in NE China
2.924s , 6496.5546875 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by Israeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for the Palestinians sheltering there? ,Worldly Winds news portal