Israel expands military operations amid dire warnings from aid groups on Rafah

In Rafah, the last refuge for hundreds of thousands of displaced people for months, terrified residents packed up to flee once again. Western Rafah was “visibly emptying before our eyes,” Louise Wateridge, a spokeswoman for United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), said on X. A resident of the Al-Awda neighborhood, meters away from the evacuation zone, told The Washington Post that the streets were emptying out.