The outcry comes following months of anticipation that Israel’s war cabinet could order its troops to invade the city, which borders Egypt on the south edge of the besieged Gaza Strip. Since February, the bloc has been warning that the move would worsen an “already catastrophic situation” given that around 1.4 million Palestinians – over half of Gaza’s population – are sheltering from war in Rafah. On Monday, Israel’s military ordered residents and displaced Palestinians to evacuate Rafah’s eastern neighbourhoods to safe zones in other parts of Gaza, indicating that the invasion could be immin…