Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2024.
In a statement Monday, Hamas condemned what it said was a “horrific massacre” by Israel against civilians in Rafah.
‘The dead are better than us’For the more than one million Palestinians in the southern city, the expected push into Rafah is causing alarm and fear.
Rafah is the last major population center in Gaza not occupied by the Israeli military.
Olfat Hamdan said she had witnessed dead bodies on the streets of Gaza City, noting that “nobody was able to drag them or move them.”“What have I seen?
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