‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack

Ordinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on the enclave’s southernmost city of Rafah, amid a growing number of strikes there, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday.

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‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack

Gazans ‘anxious and living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official

13 Feb 2024

As international efforts continue to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, the head of UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinians, warned on Tuesday that those in the enclave remain deeply traumatised by the war with Israel and afraid of a full-scale assault on Rafah in the south.

450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues

14 May 2024

Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on Tuesday that some 450,000 Gazans have been forcibly displaced from the southernmost city by Israeli evacuation orders in the last week.

Gaza: Mass casualties reported in Israeli attack on camp for displaced

27 May 2024

Dozens of people are believed to have died in an Israeli overnight attack on a camp for displaced Gazans in Rafah in the south of the enclave, the latest gruesome development in more than seven months of war between the Israeli military and Palestinian fighters, UN humanitarians said on Monday.