“Since Israel said they are invading Rafah soon, we read our last prayers every night. Every night we say farewell to one another and to relatives outside Rafah,” Aya, 30, who is living in a tent with her mother, grandmother and five siblings told Al Jazeera.

“Last night in Rafah was very tough. We’re going back to al-Maghazi out of fear – displaced from one area to another,” said Nahla Jarwan, referring to the coastal refugee camp from where she fled earlier in the conflict. “Wherever we go, there is no safety.”

Dozens of displaced people have left Rafah city in recent days after Israeli intensified shelling and air strikes, Al Jazeera reports.

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