Rafah is the last refuge for the displaced in the Gaza Strip, and its population is estimated at about 1.4 million people (Anatolia Agency)

Many countries and organizations called on the Israeli occupation authorities to stop their military operations in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, and warned of the dangerous repercussions of the imminent attack on the city, which is filled with hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who have taken refuge there due to the Israeli bombing and massacres against residents in the central and northern Gaza Strip.

China called on Israel to quickly stop its military operation in the city of Rafah, and warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the city if the fighting continued.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement, "China is closely following the situation in the Rafah area, and opposes and condemns actions that harm civilians and violate international law."

For his part, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel condemned the Israeli attacks on the city of Rafah, describing them as brutal and terrible. He said in a tweet on his account on the

Cannell said that 220 civilians were killed in the Gaza Strip within one day due to Israeli attacks, and he expressed his condemnation in the strongest terms for what is happening in Gaza.

Iran warns

As for Iran, its Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian warned that the Israeli attacks on the city of Rafah would have serious consequences for Israel.

Abdullahian said in a tweet on the X platform, “The Israeli occupation’s expansion of war crimes and genocide to include Palestinian refugees in Rafah will have dire consequences for Tel Aviv.”

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani also strongly condemned the Israeli attack on the city of Rafah, warning that the expected Israeli ground attack on the city would cause a humanitarian disaster and represent a new war crime against the Palestinian people.

Pakistan calls for urgent action

In turn, Pakistan said that Tel Aviv is violating the measures ordered by the International Court of Justice last month, aimed at protecting the residents of the Gaza Strip from genocide, and expressed its condemnation of the Israeli attack on Rafah.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday, Monday, that the Rafah invasion will exacerbate the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and threaten efforts to reach a possible ceasefire.

Islamabad urged the international community, especially the UN Security Council, to take urgent measures to immediately end the Israeli aggression and put an end to the ongoing Israeli crimes against humanity.

Anxiety and warnings

In the same context, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, expressed his deep concern about the expected ground invasion by Israeli forces in the city of Rafah.

Karim Khan said, in a post on his account on the

The Public Prosecutor reiterated his emphasis on the importance of adhering to the laws of armed conflict, stressed the need to adhere to the rules of international laws governing wars, and warned against non-adherence to them.

Khan noted that despite his continued messages, Israel's behavior and practices have not changed, and stressed that his office "is actively investigating any alleged crimes with the aim of holding violators of international law accountable."

Yesterday, Monday, Amnesty International warned of a real and imminent danger of genocide threatening Rafah, as there is nowhere for civilians to go to escape the bombing.

The international organization said - in a post on its account on the X platform - that the population of Rafah has doubled five times since the start of the Israeli attack on Gaza on October 7 last year.

The Israeli occupation army is preparing to launch a ground operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, after forcing the residents of the Gaza Strip to take refuge there to escape the battles in the northern and central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said the day before yesterday, Sunday, that the Israeli army had approved an operational plan to launch a ground operation in Rafah, which is the last refuge for the displaced in the stricken sector.

On Monday morning, the Israeli army launched a series of violent raids on various areas of the city, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, in clear disregard for international warnings about the consequences of invading the city, which is crowded with displaced people.

Since last October 7, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which as of Monday left 28,340 martyrs and 67,984 injured, most of them children and women, in addition to thousands missing under the rubble, according to Palestinian and UN data.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies