As the Israeli army continues its offensive in Rafah, many families are leaving the area to escape the bombings.
For many families, it is time to leave the area and find refuge further north in Khan Younès in particular.
Although the army told them their camp was protected, it has not been since a series of deadly bombings in recent days.
On Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike hit the al-Mawasi area, which had been designated a “humanitarian zone”, killing at least 21 people. This attack followed another bombing against a displaced persons camp in Rafah on Sunday, which killed at least 45 Palestinians, most of them women and children according to a report provided by Hamas.
“We took down the tents to look for a safer place. They told us it was safe here and they wouldn’t knock, yet they do it at night.” said a father.
Over the past three weeks, the Israeli offensive in Rafah has pushed nearly a million Palestinians to flee wherever they can.
The IDF now has control over all border posts in the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army also claims to have taken control of a strategic 14km zone along the border between Gaza and Egypt, known as the “Philadelphia Corridor”.
Last January, Cairo warned Israel not to take this step.
Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said around 20 tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip had been discovered in the area.
Finally in Tel Aviv, mothers of Israeli soldiers fighting in the Gaza Strip protested this Wednesday, calling for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas.
The demonstrators covered their bodies and faces with blood red paint denouncing the carnage that has been taking place for 8 months.
According to a soldier’s mother present on site, “The government does not care about the fate of the hostages and its soldiers“.
The Israeli military says at least 290 soldiers have been killed since the Gaza ground operation began in October.
Latest casualties last night, two Israeli soldiers were killed in a “vehicle attack” near Nablus, in the north of the West Bank, according to a press release from the Israeli army.
