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'''Rafah''' ({{lang-ar|رفح}} {{transliteration|ar|Rafaḥ}} {{IPA|ar|rafaħ|}}) is a [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] city in the southern [[Gaza Strip]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]. It is the capital of the [[Rafah Governorate]] of the [[State of Palestine]], located {{convert|30|km|mi|sp=us}} south-west of [[Gaza City]]. In 2017, Rafah had a population of 171,889.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" /> As a result of massive bombardment and ground assaults in [[Gaza City]] and [[Khan Yunis]] by [[Israel]] during the [[Israel–Hamas war]], about 1.4 million Palestinians are believed to be sheltering in Rafah as of February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaza: Israel's military operation in Rafah would be fatal for displaced civilians and humanitarian aid |url=https://www.nrc.no/news/2024/february/gaza-israels-military-operation-in-rafah-would-be-fatal-for-displaced-civilians-and-humanitarian-aid/ |date=8 February 2024|access-date=8 February 2024 |work=Norwegian Refugee Council}}</ref>

After the [[1948 Palestine war]], [[Egypt]] governed the area and [[refugee camp]]s for displaced Palestinians who [[1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight|fled or were expelled]] from what became Israel were established. During the [[Suez Crisis]], the [[Israel Defence Forces]] (IDF) killed 111 Palestinians, including 103 refugees in the Rafah refugee camp, during the [[1956 Rafah massacre]]. During the 1967 [[Six-Day War]], Israeli forces occupied the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and [[Gaza Strip]] after capturing them from Egypt. In the same year, IDF troops bulldozed and demolished 144 houses in the Rafah refugee camp, killing 23 Palestinians.<ref name="HC"/>