China News Service, Beijing, February 10th Comprehensive News: According to a report by Al Jazeera in the early morning of the 10th, the Israeli army launched an attack on homes in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip at night, killing at least 15 people and injuring many others. The Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement on the 9th saying that Netanyahu has instructed the Israel Defense Forces and defense agencies to submit a plan to the cabinet, including the evacuation of Palestinian civilians from the southern Gaza Strip and the fight against the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Rafah area. Two aspects of the camp.
According to the Times of Israel, the statement said that if Israel wants to achieve its goal of eliminating Hamas, it will be impossible to leave four Hamas camps in Rafah. But before launching a large-scale operation, the Israeli military will formulate an evacuation plan for civilians in Rafah.
More than 1.3 million Palestinians are expected to have fled to Rafah during a massive Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip, with many living in makeshift tents and UN-run shelters.
The spokesman of the United Nations Secretary-General Dijarric said on the 9th that the United Nations will not support in any way the forced displacement of civilians in the Rafah area, which violates international law.
Commissioner-General Lazzarini of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said that anxiety and panic are growing in the Rafah area because people here do not know where to go.
According to the official Palestinian news agency "Wafa", Palestinian President Abbas issued a statement on the 9th expressing opposition to Netanyahu's plan. He said that Israel's move was a real threat and a prelude to Israel's intention to drive the Palestinian people out of the Gaza Strip.
Reuters reported on the 9th that two Egyptian security sources revealed that Egypt has dispatched about 40 tanks and armored personnel carriers to the northeastern Sinai Peninsula in the past two weeks to strengthen security measures on the border with Gaza. It is reported that Egypt is also increasingly concerned about Palestinians leaving Rafah for Egypt.
According to a report by Bloomberg on the 10th, the international rating agency Moody's Investors Service lowered Israel's rating from A1 to A2, citing the impact of the ongoing military conflict between Israel and Hamas on its finances, and the outlook was adjusted from "stable" to "stable". negative". This is the first time in Israel's history that its sovereign rating has been downgraded.
Moody's said the conflict and its consequences will significantly increase Israel's political risks in the future and weaken its executive, legislative and financial strength. Israel’s debt burden is expected to be significantly higher than pre-conflict assessments.
Netanyahu responded that Moody's ratings did not reflect Israel's true economic status. As they win the war, the rating will increase.
Bloomberg said that this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has caused a serious budget deficit in Israel and strained public finances. The economic future depends largely on whether the conflict is contained.
According to CNN, United Nations experts issued a statement on the 9th saying that Israel’s covert operation against a hospital in the West Bank last month may constitute a war crime.
The statement said that killing unarmed patients being treated in hospitals would constitute a war crime under international humanitarian law.
The statement said that outside hostilities, the Israeli military had the most power to arrest or detain them and to use force only when absolutely necessary.
On January 30, Israeli plainclothes troops sneaked into a hospital in Jenin and killed three Palestinians. (over)