A Military Assault on Rafah Would Be an Unbearable Escalation: UN


April 30, 2024 Hour: 6:25 pm

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared that a military offensive in Rafah would have catastrophic results for the Palestinian population and for the security and peace of the region.

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“A military attack on Rafah would be an unbearable escalation, killing thousands more civilians and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee,” he told reporters today.

He called on “all parties with influence over Israel” to do everything possible to prevent the attack.

He recalled that there are more than 1.2 million internally displaced persons in Rafah who “have very little to eat, little access to medical care, little shelter and no safe place to go,” he added.

In addition to the displaced, Israeli forces continue to brutally attack Palestinian families. During the past 24 hours, Israel committed five massacres in Gaza, killing 47 people and injuring 61 others.

While, during 207 days of aggression, the Israeli occupier has killed 34,535 Palestinians, according to information from the Gazatí health organization.

Author: teleSUR/ CC

Source: sana