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February 7, 2024

Palestinians Seek Refuge in Cemeteries as Israel Threatens to Attack Rafah
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The United Nations is urging Israel to halt plans for a ground invasion
of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, warning it will lead to a "large
scale" loss of life. Some displaced Palestinians are living in
cemeteries in Rafah.

Mahmoud Amer: "People were forced to come here to this safe place, which
is the cemetery among the dead, which is better than living in
residential areas where the houses could collapse over our heads. We
come here to live among the dead because of fear and horror. … I envy
the dead people for their current situation. They are dead, but in fact
they are alive with God, well provided for. I envy them because they are
better than us now. We live every second in horror. Every minute
passing, we are in horror, pain, torture, suffering and confusion,
because we don't know when the war will end. It's a very painful
situation."