The Rafah crossing borders Egypt. Hamas said it agreed to a Qatari-Egyptian cease-fire proposal, and Israel said it would send mediators to Egypt to negotiate.
These interviews from Rafah on Tuesday have been lightly edited for clarity. Some spoke on the condition of anonymity due to safety fears. Mohamed Khaled, 22: “Safety is from God only. The Israelis announced the blocks that they will enter. I am currently next to those areas, so when our turn comes, we will have to leave — if we are still alive by then. “We can’t find anywhere to go now. There is no place left. People are being scattered around, each leaving in a direction.
Then we moved to al-Shifa Hospital, but there were strikes too, so we left to the central city of Deir al-Balah, but that was evacuated, so we came to Rafah, where they bombed again, and now we are at Mawasi. “A week ago, my sisters went to Egypt and one of their husbands went along with them. My other brother-in-law was rejected because he is Syrian, so I am here now with him and my mother. My mother was listed to leave but she refused to leave me behind.
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