Rafah residents evacuate on Israeli military orders ahead of ground assault

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Palestinian civilians rushed to flee parts of Rafah on Monday after the Israeli military told some 100,000 people to leave the southern Gaza city, a possible signal that a long-feared ground offensive could be imminent with talks for a last-ditch truce deal stalled. The evacuation orders were delivered in leaflets that poured down onto eastern Rafah as rain soaked its crowded streets and ramshackle tents. “They called us this morning and told us to evacuate the area.

As each side accused the other of torpedoing a deal, some analysts speculated that the evacuation orders for eastern Rafah might represent another negotiating tactic. But their impact was not in doubt for residents of Rafah. “They told us to evacuate, and here we are doing so,” said Mahmood Wahba as he prepared to flee for the city of Khan Younis, near Al-Mawasi. “We hope that God will bring us goodness, God willing,” he said as he and his family loaded a car with their possessions.

 

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