Famine looms over the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, with the occupation army threatening to storm it and evacuate its residents. 600,000 children are living in the camps of the city without food or medicine and in extremely dangerous conditions.

Professor of International Law at the Arab American University, Raed Abu Badawiya, said that the principles of international law distinguish between civilians and civilian objects and military targets. He also pointed out that the deliberate starvation of civilians a war crime in accordance with international humanitarian law.