The United States remains opposed to a large-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah without action to protect civilians. The United Kingdom had previously called on Israel to “think seriously” before launching a major offensive on this town in southern Gaza.
“The possibility of a full-blown military incursion into Rafah – where some 1.5 million Palestinians are crowded against the Egyptian border with nowhere to escape – is terrifying,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.