Hyderabad, Feb. 16 -- By Vajra Zayara

A spectre of death has held its grip over the Levant since October 2023, and now it looms over Rafah, the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip, as the Al-Aqsa flood prepares to wash over the last site of refuge available to Palestinian civilians.

The Palestinian border city wedged between Gaza and Egypt is the sole crossing point for the civilians held in the blockade since 2007. The city was once home to Gaza's only airport before it was bombed and bulldozed to the ground by Israeli occupation forces. Today, Rafah's core is rubble and barbed wires, currently receiving massive bombardment through land, air and sea.

On February 9, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the decision to mov...