Fear, terror, anxiety and mourning in Rafah after the deadly Israeli raid in which two Israeli hostages were rescued
"We heard the sounds of explosions, like hell falling from the sky," said Abu Suhaib to the French news agency.
A 28-year-old man who said that he heard fighter jets firing over the entire camp, shots and bombs from every direction and a helicopter landing in the area.
The aerial bombardment also left five huge craters, at least 10 meters wide and five meters deep in the ground.
"It was the scariest night we've ever been through," said Alaa Mohammed, from northern Gaza, who lives in a tent in West Rafah.
"What happened tonight heralds what will happen in Rafah. Many families around me immediately dismantled their tents, just like us and started to run away. I hope they will save us from this hell that has fallen upon us, there is nowhere to run."
"SCARY NIGHT"
The refugee camp is located in the heart of Rafah, where crowds gathered after following Israeli orders to evacuate other parts of Gaza.
Despite growing international outcry against a possible ground invasion of the city, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Monday that "continued military pressure is the only way to free all the hostages."
Palestinian militants took about 250 hostages during their attack in southern Israel on October 7, according to an AFP report based on official Israeli data. Israel claims that about 130 are still in Gaza, although 29 of them are suspected to have been killed.