Why in News Gaza’s Hamas rulers warned on Saturday that Israel’s planned Army operation in overcrowded Rafah could cause “tens of thousan...
Why in News
Gaza’s Hamas rulers warned on Saturday that Israel’s planned Army operation in overcrowded Rafah could cause “tens of thousands” of casualties in the city that has become the last refuge for displaced Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Army to set its sights on Rafah, telling military and security officials late Friday to “submit to the Cabinet a combined plan for evacuating the population and destroying the battalions” of Hamas in the southern city.
Rafah – location
Rafah is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip;.
It is the capital of the Rafah Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 30 kilometers south-west of Gaza City.
In 2017, Rafah had a population of 171,889
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