Palestinians in Rafah told AFP Saturday they were living in 'constant terror' as Israel vows to push ahead with its planned assault on the south Gaza city flooded with displaced civilians.
Palestinians in Rafah told AFP Saturday they were living in"constant terror" as Israel vows to push ahead with its planned assault on the south Gaza city flooded with displaced civilians.
"We live in constant terror and fear of repeated displacement and invasion," said Nidaa Safi, 30, who fled Israeli strikes in the north and came to Rafah with her husband and children.Even before Israeli forces begin the expected assault, they have been carrying out devastating air strikes. "The thought of displacement again makes me extremely terrified, because I've fled so many times," she said.
"We spent nearly two weeks enduring heavy bombardment, shells, and smoke bombs" at the city's Al-Rantisi Hospital before fleeing to Nuseirat in the centre of Gaza"with nothing but the clothes on our backs," he said. Resident Noor al-Farah, 56, has been packing clothes, food and firewood with her husband and children in preparation.She has been unable to find anywhere outside Rafah for her family to stay, and said she was afraid of snakes in displacement camps.
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