Nearly 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are there. Civilians who fled, on orders from the Israeli army, bombings targeting their neighborhoods in the north and center of the enclave, or even in Khan Younes.
A population that is completely destitute and fears the worst. “If we go to Sinai, we will never be able to return”, says a displaced person from Gaza. An assault on Rafah would exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare, says the UN.