More than 1.4 million Palestinians – half of Gaza’s population – have been sheltering in Rafah
Smoke rises above buildings during an early morning Israel i strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Battles erupted this week in the Zeitoun area on the outskirts of Gaza City. Northern Gaza was the first target of the ground offensive, and Israel said late last year that it had mostly dismantled Hamas in the area. after the Israeli leader said the Gulf state could be involved in aiding a future government in Gaza after the war.
“The UAE stresses that the Israeli prime minister does not have any legal capacity to take this step, and the UAE refuses to be drawn into any plan aimed at providing cover for the Israeli presence in the Gaza Strip,” he said in an Arabic post. In an interview that aired this week, Netanyahu said the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other countries could possibly assist a civilian government with Gazans in the enclave after the war.
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