The Guardian view on an Israeli assault on Rafah: Gaza’s people have no place to run | Editorial

It is hard to believe that life could get worse for Palestinians there - but there is every sign that it will

The last refuge is no longer a refuge. Around half of Gaza's 2.3 million people have found some kind of shelter in Rafah, often under canvas, raising the border city's population fivefold. Now, though desperate, traumatised and exhausted, many are readying to flee again.

Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israeli troops will soon enter, despite warnings from Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, that it would increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare with untold regional consequences". Strikes on the city appeared to be intensifying on Thursday.

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