Key Points
. Israel-Gaza War: Around 1.5 million Palestinian civilians are currently squeezed into the southern Gaza city of Rafah after repeatedly being forced by Israeli bombardment and ground assaults to evacuate further and further south..
A war between Israel and Palestinian militants, especially Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a land, sea, and air assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip..
Grandi said displacing Gazans to Egypt would be catastrophic" for both Egypt and the Palestinians, who, he indicated, would likely not be allowed to return.More than 100 people were reported killed early Saturday in overnight strikes across Gaza, as Israel's spy chief was in Paris for talks seeking to "unblock" progress towards a truce and the return of hostages held by Palestinian militants.Originally.
Those fleeing the violence have nowhere safe to go.Amid the intense conflict in Gaza, a group of lawyers is filing a criminal complaint with the German federal prosecutor against the senior German politicians including the chancellor Olaf Scholz, accusing them of "aiding and abetting" the 'genocide' they say is being committed by Israel in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported on Friday.The worlds gaze is on Rafah, the once-sleepy town along the Egyptian border that is likely Israels next focus in its fight against Hamas.Rafah.
The estimated 1.5 million people sheltering there more than half of Gazas population have nowhere to flee in the face of an offensive that has levelled large swaths of the urban landscape in the rest of the territory.UN officials warn that an attack on Rafah will be catastrophic, with more than 6,00,000 children in the path of an assault..
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