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In a tent city constructed around Rafah, Palestinian families are sheltering on the sands near the border with Egypt.

With Israel having carried out ground offensives in much of the rest of the territory, the southern city now hosts approximately 1.5 million people.

Israel has continued to bomb Rafah and threatens to launch an offensive against four Hamas battalions it says are based there, but the international community has heavily criticised the plans due to the dense civilian population.