Reports say about eight people have been killed in the Israeli attacks on the Rafah city of Gaza Strip on late Friday.
More than 34,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have since been killed in Gaza, and over 76,800 others have been injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.
The Israeli war has pushed 85% of Gaza’s population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, while 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
On Israeli plans to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than 1.5 million people have taken refuge from Israel’s ongoing war, US reiterates that it is “very clear” not to support “a major operation” in the city.