Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured Wednesday, May 8, when Israeli fighter jets bombed the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council and a former top UN humanitarian official, told FRANCE 24 on Tuesday that Gaza is "among the worst places in humanitarian history". He described a trapped population enduring "relentless" bombardment since October 2023. With regards to the southern city of Rafah, where an Israeli offensive appears imminent, he said some 1.4 million people were "engulfed in fear and desperation beyond belief".

Videos falsely claiming to show Israel invading or bombing the Gazan city of Rafah have gone viral on X this week. Also, what do we know about Israel's planned invasion of Rafah, based on satellite images? We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

In Gaza, a looming Israeli operation in Rafah has left the 1 million displaced Palestinians crowded in the city wondering where to go next. Months of war and a humanitarian crisis have had devastating effects.

Four months into its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel is about to send troops into Rafah. The enclave's southern city is thought to be home to 1.5 million Palestinians, most of them internally displaced refugees.

Critically injured Palestinians and foreign passport holders have been allowed to leave Gaza for the first time. Officials say several hundred have entered Egypt through the Rafah border crossing. They are the first to benefit from an agreement brokered by Qatar.

All eyes are on the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, which is expected to open on Friday. The Egyptians have sent machinery to repair roads damaged by Israeli air strikes so that much-needed aid can enter the Gaza Strip. Details of the deal are still being hammered out.