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Chloe ROUVEYROLLES-BAZIRE with Amelie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS at the UN

Aid Workers Worried Over Looming Rafah Invasion

Makeshift camps like this one have been thrown up in every available space around Rafah, which now houses most of the Gaza Strip's population of 2.4 million (Credit: AFP)

An expected Israeli assault on Rafah has aid groups scrambling for ways to help the 1.5 million civilians sheltering in the south Gaza city but the uncertain timeline poses a logistical nightmare.

"We always are prepared with plans to upscale or downscale but, really, we don't know what to expect," said Bushra Khalidi, head of advocacy at Oxfam.

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