'Children Are Starving': Rafah Suffers as Israel Halts All Aid and Escalates Assault

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Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

United Nations experts on Friday used U.S. President Joe Biden's own language regarding Israel 's offensive in Rafah , Gaza to demand that the president follow through with his statement that an Israel i invasion of the southern city would be a 'red line' and would push him to halt military support for Israel .

said Friday that 110,000 people have fled Rafah this week, with Israel claiming the coastal town of Al-Mawasi, about six miles from the city, is a new 'expanded humanitarian area' where Palestinians will be safe. Rafah is one of many places in Gaza that have been previously designated as safe zones but were then bombarded by the IDF.The U.N. experts said Al-Mawasi, a narrow strip of land, 'cannot cope with a population influx.

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