You can hear the sound of Israeli drones across Rafah, including reconnaissance aircraft, flying low across the city, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Rafah, southern Gaza.

About 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are bracing themselves for the expansion of the ground invasion here.

They don’t know where to go. Rafah has been the last refuge for people here for the past six months.

People are still coming to terms in the aftermath of the past 24 hours. At least 24 people have been killed, mostly women and children, inside residential homes by Israeli strikes.

The Israeli military continues to pound the Gaza Strip, right now concentrating attacks in central areas where refugee camps are being repeatedly hit — their health facilities, residential buildings and infrastructure destroyed.

People are literally being herded from one place to another. Attacks are everywhere. We can safely say the entirety of the Gaza Strip has been equally targeted.

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Updated 01 Aug, 2026

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