PALESTINIANS trapped in Rafah on Gaza-Egypt border said today they have nowhere left to run to now Israel has announced it will invade the former “safe zone.”

Defence Minister Yoav Gallant claimed late on Thursday that Israel had “disbanded” Hamas in the central city of Khan Younis and would now “complete the mission there and continue to Rafah.”

Whether Hamas has been defeated in Khan Younis is unclear. Israeli leaders have publicly disagreed over the success of their invasion, with cabinet minister and former Israel Defence Forces chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot saying last month that claims of Hamas’s defeat in northern Gaza were “tall tales.”