The satellite images clearly show what the war has led to. The town of Rafah is filled with tent camps. About two-thirds of the Gaza Strip’s total population now live in the southern border town with Egypt. Rafah is located in the south of the Gaza Strip, and is the most central gateway for humanitarian aid via Egypt. The photo shows destruction after an Israeli attack on Rafah on Friday. Photo: AP/NTB Large displacements Over a million displaced Palestinians seek shelter in tent camps in Rafah. The satellite images show images taken three months apart. The images show the area of the Tel al-Sultan refugee camp first on 13 October last year, which was the sixth day of the war, and again on 14 January. Rafah has been seen as a “safe zone”, but is now regularly hit by Israeli attacks. The night to Saturday has been marked by airstrikes against Rafah and at least 25 people have been killed, according to Gaza’s health authorities. Over a million displaced Palestinians seek shelter in a tent camp in Rafah. Photo: Reuters/NTB Hundreds of makeshift shelters are located around a warehouse that is the hub for distribution of the limited aid now entering the besieged Gaza Strip. An area shown on the satellite images is part of the larger refugee camp in Rafah. This is one of eight camps in urban areas of the Gaza Strip built for families who were driven to flee during the war in 1948. BBC: Must eat animal food to survive North of the Gaza Strip, many people are isolated. According to the BBC, children go without food for several days because emergency aid does not enter these areas. The BBC writes that residents have had to grind animal feed into flour to survive. But even pet food is now running out. The UN human rights organization for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA) has not been allowed to deliver food to Gaza north of the Wadi since 23 January. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini writes on X that half of the humanitarian deliveries to UNRWA to northern Gaza have been rejected. – The UN has identified pockets of hunger in northern Gaza where it is assumed that people are on the verge of famine. At least 300,000 who stay in the area depend on our help to survive, he writes. – No other solution than total victory Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asked earlier this week for the Israeli military to move into the south of the Gaza Strip. – No other solution than total victory, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He told the press that he has instructed the IDF to operate in Rafah, in what he believes is the last fortified area of Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will send Israeli soldiers into Rafah. Photo: POOL / Reuters Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told news on Friday that he fears a bloodbath if Israeli forces move into Rafah. – The people in Rafah no longer have anywhere to flee to, said the foreign minister, pointing out that international law is clear that civilians must be protected. The US and several other countries are also concerned about the safety of civilians if Israeli soldiers enter Rafah. The escalation comes at the same time as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is dealing with the genocide case against Israel. The Court almost unanimously concluded that there is a danger of genocide in Gaza. They demanded that Israel introduce more emergency measures, which South Africa, Israel’s counterpart in the case, claims Israel is ignoring.
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