Now this is delusional, there is no where left to go
Netanyahu directs military to draw up plan for "evacuation of the population" from Rafah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed the military to plan for the “evacuation of the population” from Rafah alongside the defeat of Hamas in that southern Gaza city, his office said in a statement on Friday. More than 1.3 million people are believed to be in Rafah, the majority displaced from other parts of Gaza, according to the United Nations.
Netanyahu on Thursday said that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would “soon go into Rafah, Hamas’s last bastion.” In the statement issued Friday, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said that it was not possible to both eliminate Hamas and leave “four Hamas battalions in Rafah.” "On the other hand, it is clear that a massive operation in Rafah requires the evacuation of the civilian population from the combat zones,” it added. “That is why the Prime Minister directed the IDF and the defense establishment to bring to the Cabinet a dual plan for both the evacuation of the population and the disbanding of the battalions.”
Rafah is the last major population center in Gaza not occupied by the IDF.
NGOs warn Israeli ground offensive in Rafah could turn city into "zone of bloodshed"
As civilians brace themselves for a potentially imminent Israeli incursion into the border city of Rafah, several non-governmental organizations have issued warnings about the humanitarian consequences for the city. The Israel Defense Forces will “soon go into Rafah, Hamas’s last bastion,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. The US would not support an Israeli military operation in Rafah “without serious planning,” US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said Thursday.
An estimated 1.3 million people are currently in Rafah, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has estimated.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC): Rafah could soon turn "into a zone of bloodshed and destruction that people won’t be able to escape," it said in a press release Thursday. "Attacks in areas where they provide food, water and shelter means this life-saving support will be impeded, if not entirely stopped," cautioned Angelita Caredda, an NRC regional director.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): The UN agency also shared its fears for the over 600,000 children sheltering in Rafah, many of whom have "been displaced from other parts of Gaza."
As months of heavy fighting in the north have practically wiped out healthcare and humanitarian facilities in the north, officials are calling for the scant services that remain in the south to be protected.
There is nothing to return to in the North, evacuation isn't possible
