Netanyahu reveals a plan to displace Rafah residents, and warnings are escalating. Estimates indicate that Rafah currently houses 1.4 million displaced residents of the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu responded to the criticism and concerned warnings about the fate of hundreds of displaced civilians if the occupation launched a ground attack on Rafah. Hamas movement warned of a "massacre" in Rafah, which is home to more than a million displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, and said in a statement, "We warn of a global catastrophe and massacre"