Short of options, Gazans try to flee Rafah ahead of Israeli operation

Gazans living in the overcrowded border city of Rafah are attempting to flee ahead of an expected military operation by Israeli forces, despite uncertainty about where to go next and dwindling resources.

“We’ve been living in a state of terror for about a week now,” Anwaar al-Rai, 48, said in an interview Tuesday. Rai, who was traveling with her husband Mahmoud al-Rai, 49, and their two daughters, said she and her husband had been reaching out to everyone they knew in the western areas of Gaza’s central region, north of Khan Younis. “We urgently need a safe haven,” she said.