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Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been sheltering.

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Smoke billows after an Israeli bomb in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.-/Getty Images

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Displaced Palestinians who left with their belongings from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.-/Getty Images

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People flee the eastern parts of Rafah after the Israeli military began evacuating Palestinian civilians ahead of a threatened assault on the southern Gazan city.Hatem Khaled/Reuters

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Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble of a house destroyed in Rafah.Mohammed Salem/Reuters

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Smoke rises following an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.Hatem Khaled/Reuters

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A displaced Palestinian boy looks out a tent in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip as people prepare to leave.-/Getty Images

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Israeli military began evacuating Palestinian civilians ahead of a threatened assault on the southern Gazan city in Rafah.Hatem Khaled/Reuters

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A displaced Palestinian child sits after the Israeli military began evacuating Palestinian civilians in Rafah.Hatem Khaled/Reuters

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A child looks on as displaced people dismantle their tents in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.Hatem Khaled/Reuters

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Displaced people dismantle their tents in Rafah.Hatem Khaled/Reuters

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Smoke billowing following a bombing east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.-/Getty Images

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Displaced Palestinians who left with their belongings from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.-/Getty Images

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Palestinians flee from the eastern side of the southern Gaza city of Rafah.Ismael Abu Dayyah/The Associated Press

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Palestinians hold leaflets dropped by Israeli planes calling on them to evacuate ahead of an Israeli military operation in Rafah.Ismael Abu Dayyah/The Associated Press

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Palestinians from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip following an evacuation order by the Israeli army.-/Getty Images

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Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip pack their belongings following an evacuation order by the Israeli army.-/Getty Images

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