Thousands of Palestinians evacuate eastern Rafah amid Israeli attack threat

Thousands of Palestinians evacuate eastern Rafah amid Israeli attack threat

Overnight Israeli strikes increase numbers leaving southern city for ‘humanitarian zone’ on coast

Middle East crisis – live updates

Thousands of people are evacuating from Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, hours after the Israeli military told residents and displaced people in eastern neighbourhoods to leave in advance of a long-threatened attack on the city and its environs.

Witnesses described frightened families leaving the city on foot, riding donkeys or packed with their belongings into overloaded trucks on Monday. Overnight Israeli airstrikes had reinforced “panic and fear”, prompting more to heed the instructions to move.

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