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Posted: 2024-05-07T02:16:08Z | Updated: 2024-05-07T02:16:08Z

Humanitarians with several aid groups dug their heels in on Monday after Israel ordered more than 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate ahead of a planned ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah insisting that they wont abandon Gazans ahead of the imminent massacre.

Workers who have been on the ground in Gaza to help Palestinians survive the last seven months of bombardment are sounding the alarm on the dangers of the anticipated ground offensive in Rafah, a city that has become a vital aid hub because a crossing at Egypts border serves as the main route for aid to enter the enclave. The crossing will be closed as it falls under Israels evacuation zone.

Palestinians in eastern Rafah woke up on Monday morning to flyers falling from the sky telling the already displaced civilians in Arabic to again flee for their lives and move back north, toward al-Mawasi and Khan Younis, according to The Associated Press . Israeli forces have been launching airstrikes on the city for weeks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Rafah invasion will go forward regardless of whether Israel strikes a deal with Hamas and whether or not the United States will continue to give support to its ally in the Middle East, according to AP. The Israeli military has already killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in the enclave, according to local health officials, since it launched strikes in retaliation for a Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack that left an estimated 1,200 Israelis dead and about 240 people taken hostage.

We Wont Abandon Gazans.