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See the Rapid Expansion of Tent Camps in Southern Gaza

By Leanne Abraham and Zach Levitt

Jan. 18, 2024

Recent satellite imagery shows an influx of displaced Palestinians into Rafah, the Gaza Strip’s southernmost region, where about 1.25 million people are now living in squalid, cramped conditions.

This increase is visible in commercially available satellite imagery from Planet Labs that was taken over the past two months. It reveals the scale of the dire humanitarian crisis in Rafah that has worsened as the Israeli offensive against Hamas has intensified in central and southern Gaza.

Nov. 10, 2023

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