‘There will be massacres’: Palestinians in Rafah speak of their fears
Al JazeeraThey’ve been pushed from one spot in Gaza to another by the Israeli army. Israel had designated Rafah a “safe zone”, but now, it is threatening a ground invasion, leaving more than a million people trapped there, terrified, with nowhere else to go. There have been international condemnations of Israel’s plan to invade Rafah but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is determined to continue, claiming that it would “finish Hamas”, which is the declared intent behind the assault on Gaza. “We have no safe place to go to.” Mohammed Madi, who is a medic, has been displaced several times since he was forced to leave his home in Gaza City. We didn’t want to leave Gaza City or our homes, but the Israeli occupation told us that we would be safe if we did.” “We hope they don’t invade Rafah.