Israel is apparently planning an attack on the Rafah border crossing in the Gaza Strip. Federal government urges Israel to show restraint if the fighting expands to Rafah.
Rafah is “a pressure cooker of despair” says UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) Only three of 15 missions in the north of Gaza Strip could be carried out by the WHO, he says. In the south there were four of eleven planned missions. With the border into Egypt remaining closed to most Palestinians, the streets of Rafah have filled with thousands of displaced people.