Witnesses said the areas in and around Rafah are already crowded and there is almost no room for more tents to be added.
Palestinians at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 5.
“The US administration, alongside the occupation, bears responsibility for this terrorism,” the official, Mr Sami Abu Zuhri, told Reuters, referring to Israel’s alliance with Washington. Witnesses said the areas in and around Rafah to which Israel wants to move people are already crowded and there is almost no room for more tents to be added.
The prospect of a high-casualty operation worries Western powers and neighbouring Egypt, which is trying to mediate a new round of truce talks between Israel and Hamas under which the Palestinian Islamist group might free some hostages. “Gallant emphasised that military action is required, including in the area of Rafah, at the lack of an alternative.”
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