UN: About 80,000 people fled the town of Rafah

“People are facing another task shift in the Gaza Strip. Nowhere is it safe. We need a truce now”, wrote U n NRWA on platform X.

So far, more than a million displaced Palestinians half their children were sheltered in Rafah.

But on Monday, the Israeli Army sought from the shelterers in the eastern parts of Rafah to leave for an expanded <x0-> humanitarian sub-zone”, where it said they would find field hospitals, tents and other supplies.

Israel already began shelling the city, where it believes there are thousands of warriors of the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas, declared terrorist by the US and other powers.

This group attacked Israel in October of last year, killing over 1,200 people.

Some 35,000 people have been killed in Israel's ongoing revenge offensive in Gaza, according to authorities in enclaves.

Israel's army says victory over Hamas is impossible without taking control of Rafah city.

But American officials warn that the operation in this city has increased with refugees from other parts of Gaza could lead to large numbers of civilian victims.

American President Joe Biden said the US would stop Israel's supplies with several weapons if he launched a major ground operation in Rafah. /rel/