Israeli soldiers vow to ‘destroy Rafah’ as they prepare to invade the city

 

Israeli soldiers gather round in the occupied Gaza Strip as an army officer pumps

 them up with chanting ahead of their invasion of Rafah. 'Let's go and destroy Rafah!'

 comes the call and response after the officer blows into a ram's horn, which is used in 

Jewish ceremonies. Palestinians have frantically begun to leave Rafah, which is

 currently home to about 1.1 million displaced people, for other so-called '

safe zones', as the Israeli military steps up its bombing campaigns and 

ground presence in the southern border region of Gaza.