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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont and Nedal Samir Hamdouna in Rafah

‘Our last stop is Rafah’: trapped Palestinians await Israeli onslaught

Palestinians queue for food at a charity kitchen in Rafah on 5 February.
Palestinians queue for food at a charity kitchen in Rafah on 5 February. Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians crammed into the small southern Gaza border city of Rafah are being forced to contemplate being displaced once more as an Israeli offensive looms.

Those who fled to the border city, almost half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people, face a terrifying choice: stay in overcrowded Rafah – once home to 280,000 people – and wait for the attack, or risk moving north through an area of continued fighting.

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