An image with the text “All eyes on Rafah” is on every other Instagram story, capturing social media attention and generating discourse on Israel’s war on Gaza.
UNRWA, the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians, said that about 300,000 people had fled from Rafah over the past week after the Israeli government issued new evacuation orders in Rafah and elsewhere in Gaza.
Israeli troops took control of Gaza’s crucial Rafah border crossing on May 7, hours after Hamas’ announcement that it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, making the ceasefire deal uncertain.
Thousands of people are evacuating from Rafah following an announcement by the Israeli military asking residents and displaced individuals from eastern neighborhoods to leave ahead of a long-anticipated attack on the city and its surrounding areas.
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