Photos: Palestinians flee Tal as-Sultan area in Rafah amid Israeli assault
Al Jazeera
Israel’s army continues to pound the southern city of Rafah after its forces on Sunday night bombed a tent camp.
Hundreds of people braved roads in Rafah in southern Gaza on Tuesday as they fled Israel’s expanding ground assault, with increased shelling, tanks in the city centre, and forces positioned on higher ground.
“We are panicking and afraid,” 40-year-old Ihab Zorob of west Rafah told AFP.
“Our children and wives haven’t stopped crying. The bombing last night and throughout the morning has been intense and severe,” he said.
“Seeing people flee has made us more afraid, so we’ve decided to seek shelter in al-Mawasi [on the coast]. Hopefully we’ll find space there.”
Rafah, a city near the Palestinian territory’s southern border with Egypt, has been under Israeli ground assault since early May.
