Among the destroyed buildings and missile craters, thousands of tents line the streets of Rafah
A square metre of space in Rafah becomes room for one more tent, one more shelter for the more than a million people desperately seeking safety there. Temporary Construction Facilities
Tents sit on nature strips, on roundabouts, on footpaths.
Makeshift structures spread out from the city in orderly lines across the landscape.
Recent satellite images capture the search for shelter in Rafah in stark detail.
Gaza's most southern city was declared a "safe zone" by Israel in the first weeks of the war, but since then it has been bombarded by hundreds of air or drone strikes.
At least 2,345 people in the Rafah administrative area — among them civilians — have been killed in the bombings, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED).
ACLED collects data on the locations, dates, fatalities and groups involved in political violence and protests around the world.
The city has seen an influx of people racing for the promised safety near the Egyptian border.
In satellite images, tents can be seen straddling the fortified border.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he asked the military to develop an evacuation plan for Palestinians.
For human rights groups, that has left a deeply concerning question: Where can they go?
Mosques, schools, parks and courtyards have become the makeshift home for many displaced Gazans.
The number of tents surrounding a UN logistics base, on the outskirts Rafah, has steadily risen since October last year.
Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has warned that unless Hamas frees all hostages held in Gaza by March 10, an offensive will be launched in Rafah.
Palestinians in Rafah remain at a loss for what to do next.
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