Warmonger Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the purchase of 40,000 tents from China to be set up in besieged Gaza, Israeli media reported, in preparation for a ground invasion of Rafah where more than 1.5 million displaced Palestinians have taken refuge.
It comes as Netanyahu downplayed global fears of a humanitarian catastrophe if Israel launches a planned ground invasion into Gaza’s southernmost city, saying civilians would be able to flee the fighting into other parts of the war-torn territory.
Speaking to US Congressional delegation visiting Israel, Netanyahu said people sheltering in Rafah — now more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population — will be able to move away from the fighting.
“People just move, they move with their tents,” Netanyahu said in his callous remarks. “People moved down [to Rafah]. They can move back up.”
Israel’s planned incursion has raised global alarm because the city on the Gaza-Egypt border is jammed over 1.5 million Palestinians in sprawling tent camps and UN shelters, most of whom who have fled Israeli onslaught elsewhere.