The prewar population of Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza strip sharing a border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, was 170,000.

Today, seven months after Israel launched its war on Gaza, as many as 1.5 million people are living in Rafah. Many of them are camped on the streets and beaches, while others are cramped into filthy, overcrowded makeshift shelters. Rafah is now a “gigantic refugee camp”, says the Norwegian Refugee Council. According to a doctor who served in Rafah, the city is a “closed jail” .

Medics are struggling to supply even basic aid and prevent the outbreak and spread of diseases. According to Action Aid, every single person in Gaza “is now hungry and people have just 1.5 to 2 litres of unsafe water per day to meet all their needs”.

A majority of Gaza’s population is now jammed in Rafah. It is in this this Rafah Israel is carrying out its latest offensive.

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Script and presentation: Stanly Johny
Video: Thamodharan B.
Production: Ravichandran N.

00:00 01:08 Rafah the refugee camp
01:09 02:09 Rafah's troubled history
02:10 02:39 October 7 attack
02:40 03:40 What happened before Rafah offensive
03:41 04:30 3phase deal for release of hostages
04:31 06:34 Netanyahu's dilemma
06:35 08:07 Israel's ties with US

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