UN agency says Gaza refugees pour into Rafah. UN spokesman described Rafa as a "pressure cooker of despair" The Palestinian Red Crescent Society called for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to help evacuate the wounded and others who want to leave Khan Younis Amal Hospital.

More than 800 officials from Europe and the United States issued a joint statement on the 2nd, severely criticizing the West’s policies on Palestine and Israel, and accusing their governments of being “complicit in war crimes”