Israel-Gaza war live: IDF orders evacuation of central Rafah as it prepares to expand offensive – as it happened
Israeli military drops leaflets ordering hundreds of thousands of people to leave the city. This blog is now closed.
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Israeli tanks have reached the Salahuddin Road which crosses Rafah, dividing its centre from the eastern neighbourhoods evacuated before Israel's seizure of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt last week, witnesses in Rafah told the Guardian.
Our neighbours and friends have been looking for a place for a while in case something happened but since the leaflets were dropped this morning, they are afraid and anxious.
They have already begun to dismantle their tents and prepare their belongings for transportation.
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