CAIRO – Palestinians jammed into their last refuge in Gaza voiced growing fear on Feb 14 that Israel would soon launch a planned assault on the southern city of Rafah, after truce talks in Cairo ended inconclusively.
In the latest international plea for Israel to hold off on an assault on Rafah, the World Health Organisation warned of the danger of pushing Gaza’s health system closer to collapse. “Because the people in Rafah cannot simply vanish into thin air. They need safe places and safe corridors to avoid being caught in the crossfire even more. They need more humanitarian aid. And they need a ceasefire,” she said in a statement released in Berlin.Meanwhile, Israeli forces shelled eastern areas of Rafa overnight, Palestinian witnesses said.
Speaking in a video from inside Nasser Hospital, one doctor said the facility had been under siege by Israeli forces for 22 days and that bulldozers protected by tanks had knocked down the hospital’s northern gate. Israel’s military said on Feb 14 it responded to cross-border rocket fire from Lebanon that injured seven people in northern Israel.
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