Israel’s assault on Rafah looms, but no plan yet to evacuate civilians - BBC News

Aid agencies say there is nowhere safe to move the 1.5 million people now sheltering in the city.

12 FebruaryShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Paul AdamsBBC NewsIsrael's military campaign in the Gaza Strip has worked its way inexorably south over the course of four months.

Inevitably, it's now arrived at Rafah, the Strip's southernmost city.

But with that inevitability comes the equally predictable dilemma of what to do with as many as 1.5 million civilians sheltering in an area that had a pre-war population of around 270,000.

Satellite images of Rafah show that virtually every open space in the city has been taken up by tents and other temporary shelters.

By some estimates, the population density has soared from 4,100 people per square kilometre to something approaching 20,000.

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