Frightened civilians desperately seek safe places.
of Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the country's armed forces will forcefully attack the city of Rafah as long as civilians are allowed to leave the city.
“We will fight until complete victory, and that includes a heavy fight in Rafah as well after we allow the civilian population to leave the fighting areas,” Netanyahu said on the Telegram messaging service on Wednesday.
Netanyahu said this at the same time as negotiations continued in Cairo to achieve a ceasefire in the war between Israel and the extremist organization Hamas.
in the southern part of the Gaza Strip 1.4 million Palestinians are trapped in Rafah. The city is also an important route for aid transports arriving in Gaza.
Frightened civilians desperately seek safe places.
“My three children are wounded. Where can I go?” asked Dana Abu Chaaban on the border against Egypt.
She hoped to cross the border with her sons.
Pressure has grown for Egypt to open its borders to Palestinian civilians. Hundreds of thousands of them have sought shelter in temporary camps near the border.
of Israel looming military advance on Rafah could have a serious impact, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday. At the same time, it demanded that the fundamental principle of humanity be adhered to.
The ICRC warned that the escalation of hostilities in Rafah poses a devastating risk to civilian life and infrastructure.
“We reiterate our appeal to the parties to the conflict to spare and protect civilian life and infrastructure,” said the ICRC's Middle East Director Fabrizio Carboni in his statement.
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