Satellite images appear to show tent compounds near Rafah ahead of a possible Israeli offensive

Israel has said that it is preparing to evacuate Palestinians from the southern Gazan city of Rafah and launch its long-awaited offensive. The Israeli government claims that the bulk of Hamas' remaining forces are hiding in Rafah. The Islamist militant group Hamas carried out the October
7 terror attacks that triggered the war. Over a million internally displaced Gazans are now living in Rafah. Media reports say Israel has bought 40,000 tents to accommodate those who will be forced to move again once it begins its assault, but this has yet to be officially confirmed. Satellite images show collections of tents near the city that were not there earlier this month.
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[@ethancoster1324]

40,000 tents for 1 million+ people. That's 25 people per tent.😅😢

[@TheWastedAccount12]

Guess they don't reckon too many will survive

[@ancbi]

One could say the tents are quite concentrated.

[@geoms6263]

Arabs live in the same house up to 15 family members. The only way you become an adult and can move is when you get married.

[@FytFyt-rs9tr]

More tents are being built

[@TheWastedAccount12]

@@FytFyt-rs9tr You realise that does NOT make it better?

[@Hyejin.park23]

Then they attack the tent saying that tunnel must be beneath the tents

[@TheBf666]

You know it's coming, haha.

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

Ignorance here is astounding.

[@onlyme219]

@@TheBf666 What's so funny?

[@jgp7414]

lsrael: There were 25 10 month old h-mas terror babies in each tent so we had to.

[@onlyme219]

@@jgp7414 'we'?

[@Liedaho]

Thats a concentration camp.

[@laikakhan1313]

YEsssss, and DW what can I say? what can I say act the germans? Really Nothing......

[@jgp7414]

Concentration camps had actual buildings, not tents.

[@fir3drag0n1984]

Are you alright sir? do you need a consultation with a medical professional? I'm really worried

[@HagenKocksch]

@@fir3drag0n1984 look up what a concentration camp is! england invented them. and that is a concentration camp! sorry! reality is hard sometimes.

[@youropionmattersnot]

Why can't we see it on Google earth?

[@stephenkwakye5892]

Two race of people.. one race must be protected and has the right to exist..the othe race well... Fill in the gap yourselves

[@danimotherofchickens479]

Except for that group of people says Israel has no right to exist and has said there goal is to eradicate it. That group would destroy them but can't. Israel could destroy Gaza, but doesn't. Hamas attacked no Israel and mass murdered their citizens and still has and refuses to return their hostages for a ceasefire

[@ikechukwuokafor4092]

Wars are awful and leaders should do everything possible to not start a war.

[@user-xp5xn2vy3l]

Apparently Hamas didn't get the memo.

[@moos5221]

First and most important step would be to tell people the truth...there is no God and religion was only invented to oppress and dominate the uneducated and to empower and enrich chosen few.

[@WeAreSoup]

Tommorow there might be a deal

[@moos5221]

@@WeAreSoup israel finance minister already said he will resign and by that cause netanyahus government to fail if israel will not attack rafah. the fascists want more blood, there will be no deal.

[@richm8784]

Those tents are just for the women and children. Military aged men will not be allowed.

[@OZA-]

1'500'000 / 40'000 = 37.5 People per tent seems fine to me. What a joke

[@fidelistq]

It's a temporary measure....you guys just want Hamas to stay.

[@helios7212]

This is all so heartbreaking, what has become of humanity 🤦‍♂️😔 combined with whats happening in Sudan and what Russia is doing across Ukraine and Syria especially, how have we allowed indiscriminate targetting of civilians and weaponization of food to be allowed again in the modern day?? 😔💔

[@DanMelaj]

I think you forgot the massacre in Haiti, Nigeria, Armenia, Myanmar ...

[@answerthedamnquestion1604]

@@DanMelaj sudan afghanistan south sudan hahahaha

[@Handlingkol]

200K tons (more now) of food and people are selling food in Rafah? Can you explain that? Why would they sell food if they don't have food? Is it because you haven't heard the amount of food those UN trucks carried at all?

[@DanMelaj]

@@answerthedamnquestion1604 Nothing to laugh about massacres NO SEAS PENDEJO! I have mentioned the present ones

[@felipecampos7069]

Absurd attempt to appear not so genocidal.

[@leet3207]

Do they get taken there by train?

[@konosekai1193]

looks like

[@bulthaosen1169]

Sounds like a bad idea

[@HASIB1313]

west was outraged when China or russia does something near this. but act like everything is ok, when isreal doing far worse than that.

[@SaintNath]

There is a huge outrage right now at western universities and on the streets though. Also Hamas Attack and slaughter of civilians is what started this to be fair. Not defending what Israeli soldiers are doing to Palestinians, but you make it sound like they are doing this for no reason.

[@ricknatric9398]

Its a tent ghetto

[@helios7212]

That's a sadly pretty accurate way to describe it 🤦‍♂️😔

[@hajjimubarak]

This is gonna turn into a concentration camp

[@davidcooks2379]

How?

[@kendalson7100]

Gaza has been a concentration camp now for years.

[@kmick8108]

How? With Israeli determination.

[@hajjimubarak]

@@davidcooks2379 Do you think they will be allowed to leave this "tent city"?

[@Hezekiah1]

Turn into? You mean that is exactly what they are.

[@cupotkaable]

Never saw that one side of the war is building refugies camps for the other side refugies before doing military operation. Why Egypt doesn't allow refugies just to cross the border? Aren't they same people with Egypt? Neighbor countries MUST allow refugues by international law and refugies convention.

[@utubewatchinhesk]

Revealing themselves more and more

[@pianodan10]

Those tents are nicely concentrated… almost like some kind of concentrated camp.

[@dannyarcher6370]

You mean like tents tend to concentrate on campsites?

[@NestorMakhno1789]

These would literally be concentration camps. Concentration camps are not necessarily the same thing as death camps although they often are. What actually blows my mind is that Egypt and the UAE are the ones setting up the camps according to the journalist lady.

[@dannyarcher6370]

@@NestorMakhno1789 And why does that blow your mind?

[@NestorMakhno1789]

@@dannyarcher6370 Because Palestinian liberation is supposed to be a major unifying cause for the arab world and here they are participating in their persecution. It reveals where the Arab states' priorities actually are.

[@georgiadawgs8260]

You can easily tell which side is losing by the comments. God bless israel.

[@mustaphaauwal-ls9fk]

40,000 for 1.2million people. Not make any sense.

[@cupotkaable]

They will move to Gaza center cities. Actually they already moving. More than quater already left. By now maybe close to half.

[@MadMoler]

Wow, did you hear the anchorman saying what started the war?

[@NestorMakhno1789]

It blows my mind that Egypt and the UAE are the ones building the camps. So much for pan-Arab solidarity.

[@Thiscannotbetruebutitis]

Are these tents in egypt?

[@BEasay]

Exactly. What kind of reporting is this? Where the tents is a central question of this story

[@mycosys]

Tell me how thats not a concentration camp? Like the one they took Opa to?

[@raclark2730]

And if they did not provide the tents people would be crying about that.

[@mycosys]

@@raclark2730 'never again' means never again to anyone. Some other families seemed to think it meant never again will it not be us in control.

[@MrDosonhai]

@@raclark2730 How about not invade their land in the first place?

[@jas46721]

A bunch of disaster relief tents is not a ‘concentration camp’ and saying anything like that is an insult to those that suffered in them during ww2

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

​@@MrDosonhaithey aren't invading any other land, they are fighting back

[@ulyssnt]

How humane and considerate....bringing destruction genocide and parading with tens...pft Lest we forget Deir Yassine

[@arbeitsromebro1352]

How very kind and generous. A larceny tent city compound.

[@MusingsFromTheJohn00]

40,000 tents for over a million civilians? Seriously? Does Israel think Palestinians are like sardines to be packed with more than 25 per tent?

[@ccgoh100]

@DWNews, you can do better..

[@AbsoluteTruth-vm1zb]

They are building a missile test launcher you mean

[@mohadelassi6079]

With tints or without, the Palestinians will continue their struggle until they are free on the land of their fathers and grand fathers.

[@randypatungan2525]

They should act according democratic and humane principles though theyre in process of hurtfelt feelings. Treat civilians as ur family members even u have differences, cope with it. Better to live in peace and with a direction of life

[@kazzamm99]

They may be for the IDF soldiers.

[@geoms6263]

What percentage is Hamas willing to sacrifice from its own population?

[@user-wc8gw9km4w]

None. But Israel is

[@Philipjalloh40]

It’s looks luxurious too me those tents 🏕️ lol

[@nejlaalagic7165]

Concentration camps?

[@geoms6263]

Recreational camps

[@David-dl3vj]

There will be no tattoos needed in these camps. They have DNA and biometrics now.

[@yakovsokolinskyyakovsokoli5878]

Would you like us to live them in rafah?

[@matthewbaynham6286]

​@@yakovsokolinskyyakovsokoli5878I would let the Palestinians live in Palestine.

[@AlchemistOfNirnroot]

@@matthewbaynham6286 You'd rather have the Palestinians stay in Rafah during the bombing campaign?

[@user-xp5xn2vy3l]

@@matthewbaynham6286 It's called the state of Israel now.

[@shannon_886]

The world must stop this

[@ngrader]

Hamas can stop this. But human shields are part of their patriotic strategy. No wonder they haven't held elections for 17 years. Someone might vote for a party that won't steal their humanitarian aid and use them for ablative armor.

[@shahalam1746]

This is pre planning genocide in gaza and western media alsobe same liable about this conflict.allowes making popaganada.also be duable stnadard

[@exodus888]

egypt dun want them?

[@goodintentions5189]

When you have a home, you don't need to be wanted by someone else. Are you crazy ?

[@user-wc8gw9km4w]

You know lsraeI controls the borders with Egypt too right? 😅 even if Egypt opens their border its lsraeli military "protecting" it

[@ante752]

Who Seeds wind shall harvest storm

[@DanielIvan707]

That’s how we live in San Francisco and it the richest place on the planet. Get over yourselves this is the new normal stop complaining, You will get used to it.

[@calj2090]

Are these concentration camps?

[@user-wc8gw9km4w]

Yes

[@helios7212]

No - its still a horrific tragic situation tho 😔💔

[@ante752]

Who Seeds wind shall harvest storm

[@NLjunkie]

Do you think there's hospitals there for them to destroy?

[@UnitedWeStand123]

Israel should at least open up the coastal border of Gaza and let Gazans flee by sea and save their lives.....its so brutal to keep them locked in a war zone

[@USMANMALIK-gp5vk]

Relase Hostage

[@fredericrike5974]

The math is brutal and simple; 40,000 tents for one million equals 25 people to a tent. I would say that isn't a "doable deal". At eight per tent, that will leave 680,000 without shelter. It would qualify as a "canvas ghetto" though.

[@goodintentions5189]

Any German will understand that these were the same camps of 1940s but guess who were in the camps ???

[@garyoak2974]

Nah mate these are luxury compared to what you are talking bout tbh.

[@timmy-wj2hc]

Now we know why the Germans were doing it.

[@Mauther]

Well Hamas isn't doing anything for the people of Gaza. They've already stated protecting the people of Gaza isn't their responsibility.

[@user-rc5ht5eh3c]

Whats your point

[@Mauther]

@@user-rc5ht5eh3c If the legally elected government of Gaza doesn't care about the residents of Gaza, why should anyone else? Elect psychopaths, expect psycopathic results.

[@rodcamp4472]

That is very considerate of Israel.

[@user-wc8gw9km4w]

Give them some pencils too to draw

[@user-wc8gw9km4w]

Awww, they made the country dust but they gave them tents! Am lsraeI Chai guys! ❤😂

[@francozheng5617]

Camp

[@adiaz316]

Oh that looks familiar. They're sending everyone to a camp. A highly "concentrated" camp. How ironic.

[@Firkinnel]

Just worry when you see the shower blocks being installed.

[@fir3drag0n1984]

I'm worrying now. are you in some kind of institution sir? are you being taken care of?

[@greggbisgrove7499]

To date Israel has shown no restraint when it come to kill innocent civilians in there war on Hamas,people where told to go to Rafah as it was safe.

[@moos5221]

"Concentration Camps"

[@HagenKocksch]

@DW: EVACUATE!! you cowards!

[@AndyA86]

Palestinians appear to be suffering the sins of their leaders. The situation is pathetic.

[@ceocommunications1248]

80% of Palestinians support Hamas. The government who punishes homosexuality and women who want to show their face in public.

[@user-wc8gw9km4w]

This isn't because of Hamas. Its because lsreaI

[@user-yy5mu3qj9g]

Remember, be careful as with an egg, otherwise the shell will crack and Nazism will spill out

[@iondu655]

What a weird way for DW to pronounce "resistance against occupation"

[@emzed1275]

Truly dystopian.

[@mohamedwurie9644]

Free Palestine. Africa stand with you

[@hafamihanif7285]

Israel own holicoust Concentration camp

[@redouaneflissi2605]

Surely there aren't people that still believe these LIES

[@williamwillaims]

Ghetto's? 😬

[@ntme9]

Thanks Hummus

[@lasmann4399]

Hamas build tent for its people before war ? what a suprise 😂

[@fantastichound]

That's again Billy Mcfarland with his fyre festival

[@54peace]

humus must be so happy because finally they going to meet their beloved 72yo virgins. 😂

[@ragingmonk6080]

They need to build a tent city for themselves out in the middle of nowhere and stay their. Keep to themselves and let humanity live without them.

[@azadazadi3337]

Viva Israel

[@saeed6811]

Thats how you recruit your self to be destroyed with a fabric based wall.

[@unisaver4115]

sdf

[@richardgraham5314]

Looks like California

[@Lora_Lynn]

What's that, a Hollywood set? Israel has already started it's offensive.

[@yakovsokolinskyyakovsokoli5878]

You just lied or you completely don't understand the situation?

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Israel gives them food, Israel gives them time and warning to flee, gives them were and how to flee, and yet Israel is attacked

[@goodintentions5189]

Israel has never showed a single Hamas militant killed or captured

[@user-wc8gw9km4w]

Exactly! lsraeI made Palestine du$t from love for them and to protect them from bad Khamas ❤😂

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

@@goodintentions5189 yes they have

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

@@goodintentions5189 before you start there are literally videos of interrogation of hamas militants.

[@ethancoster1324]

​@@JoaoSoares-rs6ec Yes, and they're videos of unarmed surrendering Palestinian men being shot and buried in the sand.

[@trevsmith5825]

More of U.S. taxpayers dollars well spent. Will there be no end to this?

[@tethergobrrr]

Never, ever trust Izzy

[@terranowa2080]

Unconditional right to stop our own life whenever we want medically. My body my choice. Freedom

[@TCB2023.]

You are loved. Much Aloha to you my friend. You have a place to stay in Hawaii when your ready

[@celysees]

Israel is so good. Godly people. God bless Israel. I love Israel. ❤

[@5ilentObserver]

Hahaha. Very sarcastic