The UN’s Palestinian relief agency has said about 300,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah as Israeli forces continue to push further into the city.
Rafah was sheltering an estimated 1.4 million Palestinians before Israel launched an operation to capture the border crossing last Monday. The Israeli military ordered more Palestinians to evacuate parts of southeast Rafah on Saturday, and it continues to escalate in the city despite warnings from the US against a full-scale invasion.
UNRWA wrote on X that the “forced and inhumane displacement of Palestinians continues” and stressed that there is “nowhere safe to go.” Israel has suggested Palestinians go to the al-Mawasi refugee camp on Gaza’s coast, but aid groups say it doesn’t have the resources for so many people.
Israel’s closure of the Rafah border crossing has cut off vital aid deliveries, adding to the starvation blockade, and for five days, no fuel entered Gaza. Israel has allowed some to enter the nearby Kerem Shalom crossing, although not nearly as much as aid groups say is needed.
According to The New York Times, Rafah had three major hospitals that were partially functioning before Israel launched its operation to capture the crossing. As a result of the Israeli attack, one has shut down completely.
Israel is also escalating in northern Gaza and has launched a ground operation in the Jabalia refugee camp. Israel sent tanks into Jabalia after launching heavy artillery and airstrikes on the city, killing 19 people, according to Reuters. Al-Qassam Bridages, the armed wing of Hamas, announced its fighters were engaging with Israeli troops on the ground in Jabalia.
Gaza’s Health Ministry on Sunday reported a total of 63 deaths across Gaza in the previous 24-hour period and said the total number of Palestinians killed by Israel’s onslaught since October 7 has surpassed 35,000.
If the holocaust we have all been witnessing before our eyes in Gaza for the past 7 months isn’t an example of “Collective Punishment”, I’d like to know what would be.
Never believe anything until it has officially been denied.
So let Hamas return all the hostages at once,and leave Gaza.
Wasn’t there some point about how arab countries (and probably Iran) were warning Israel that any forced displacement of Palestinians would be considered an act of aggression toward them (the countries)?
Cause… it looks like Israel really wants to take it there now. If they “take” Rafah, where will they go? Either Hamas makes it difficult for them to occupy land, or Israel takes everything uncontested, or Israel takes everything but Arab countries and whomever else gets annoyed at this belligerent neighbor and start fighting back.
WW3, brought to you by the vanity of small time politicians
SFSN
My friend
If I were a Syrian,Jordanian or Lebanese I would be frightened that I am next in the creation of Greater Israel. They won’t be satisfied with Gaza and the West Bank.
There is no evidence that Israel will attack and occupy those nations. Yes, Israel did take the West Bank from Jordan, but after 57 years Jordan does not want it back.
Arab countries are not going to put their cities on the line for Gaza. Starting a war with a nuclear power nation is not a good idea.
So where are all those poor people fleeing to?
There is no where to go for these poor,unfortunate souls to escape the bombs and guns of the IDF and the Israelie Air Force backed up by constant supply by Joe Biden a war mongerer of the first degree.
You act like Hamas had nothing to do with the conditions in Gaza. No Oct 7, no need for Israel to counter attack Gaza.
Yes, when the brutality is no longer excusable go back to Oct 7th. Israel’s response was Israel’s choice. Just like it’s your choice to ignore the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet and the terroristic tactics Israel used to create that humanitarian crisis.
It was Hamas choice to start the war and Hamas choice to continue the war. Israel has warned civilians of impeding attacks to help reduce civilians losses. Did Hamas warn Israel civilians of their Oct 7 attack? Does Hamas warn Israel civilians before firing rockets on cities in Israel? Hamas started the war and Hamas had to know that killing Israel civilians would force Israel to attack.
It was Israel’s choice to react with a genocidal response and they have continued that genocidal response for 7 + months. And yes, the benevolent IDF drops leaflets telling people to leave before they bomb the shit out of them. And then they bomb the shit out of the places they tell them to leave while cutting off aid so if the bombing doesn’t kill them, starvation and disease will.
Egypt gave Israel a 3-day warning of the Hamas attack. The IDF’s own soldiers reported to HQ about the activity they witnessed going on inside Gaza which included Hamas rehearsing their attack. The IDF also refused to give the concert organizers a heads up about a possible attack leaving those people as human sacrifices.
You can repeat the same shit over and over again and it won’t change the fact that Israel has set new standards for what terrorism looks like. Even Hamas probably thought there was limits to Israel’s barbarism. They were wrong.
They would not have to flee if 1. Hamas did not build their forts under Gaza cities and 2. Hamas would surrender, release the hostages and end this war.
Or if Israel wasn’t such sadistic bastards. And you like your fellow moron jake just refuse to listen to Israeli officials. They don’t care about the hostages any more than you and the war wouldn’t end if they were released.
So you support the holding of hostages which prolongs the war. Not surprising. Terrorists supporters don’t care about how many people they get killed.
The sheer and total hypocrisy of our good friend Israel, in addition to our own, I find, truly, reprehensible but not beyond repair. In essence: Wake the hell up and smell the damn toast burning!
“not beyond repair”
It certainly should be.
Donna is an optimist , hoping, maybe more like wishful thinking.
What you don’t understand is that the 76 year bond between Israel and the US will survive this minor disagreement on how to handle this war. USA and Israel had bumps in the road before, Suez Crisis, the attack on the Liberty to name a few, but the bond survived. And it will again.
Can you read? I said it certainly SHOULD be.
Ryan Grim & @ryangrim
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Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped at the European Hospital in Gaza, facing extreme dehydration, at least one is on an IV drip. This is a developing situation..
Story with @Hind_Gaza theintercept.com/2024/05/13/..
American Medical Missions Trapped In Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life
“We’re continuing to work around the clock with the government of Israel and with the government of Egypt to work on this issue,” the State Department said.