“Where Can We Go?”: Terror and Panic Set In as Israel Readies to Invade Rafah

At least 100 people were killed in the bombings, which some of Rafah’s inhabitants said were among the worst of the war.

Rafah is the last available refuge for at least 1.3 million Palestinians who have fled their homes since October .

The International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan issued a rare warning on Monday implying the latest assault on Rafah might amount to war crimes.

Abu Hussein and Qadouha 's wedding hall was destroyed in Gaza City in November .

They now live with a dozen relatives across from a U.N.-run school turned shelter for thousands of displaced people.

Al Afghani and his family fled the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood with some 130 members of his extended family.

One of his sons, Abdullah , was also killed during the November assault.

The United Nations agency that’s been the primary service provider for Palestinian refugees since shortly after the establishment of the Israeli state.

UNRWA has struggled to keep up with the enormous humanitarian crisis in Rafah and across Gaza since the beginning of the war.

Israel launched an aggressive lobbying campaign against the relief agency several weeks ago , leveling yet unproven accusations that several agency employees were involved in the assault on Israel .