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SvennoJ on 03 February 2024
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Deadly Israeli raid on kindergarten in Rafah: Wafa

Israeli warplanes bombed a kindergarten where displaced people were sheltering east of Rafah at dawn on Sunday, the Wafa news agency is reporting. Several people, including two girls, were killed in the attack, and dozens of others were injured, Wafa reports, citing medical sources.

As Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported earlier, Israeli attacks on the Al-Salam neighbourhood, east of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, have been intensifying as concern grows Israel will expand its ground invasion to Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians are sheltering in overcrowded conditions.

Israeli drones and fighter jets clearly heard at midnight in Rafah

Israeli drones and fighter jets could be clearly overheard at midnight in Rafah where Palestinians now are taking shelter in mass makeshift shelters where they have been living. Until now, the ongoing bombardment did not stop in the city of Rafah.

Israeli forces have been widely attacking the eastern areas of Rafah, especially in the al-Salam neighbourhood adjacent to the city of Khan Younis. There are growing concerns about the next steps that the Israeli forces might take, especially if they want to transfer the battles and start the ground incursion into Rafah District. What we have been seeing the past 24 hours is they have been intensifying the military attacks on Rafah, especially in the eastern part, which is considered to be the main starting point for any possible ground invasion in order to take full control of Rafah city.

‘We were told Rafah was safe’

Israel has intensified its attacks on Rafah in the south near the border with Egypt. It’s the city where Israeli forces ordered Palestinians to go. “I’m still in shock, we were told Rafah was safe,” Adel Abu Mahmoud told Al Jazeera. “My mother was killed in these attacks. Enough please.”

US and UK have no respect for international law or other cultures, Irish MEP says

Irish MEP Mick Wallace has condemned the US and the UK for bombing Yemen, accusing the allies of having no respect for other cultures or international law.

“The people of #Yemen stand in Solidarity with the #Palestinian people no matter what happens,” Wallace, a member of Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL, said in a post on X. “The #US + #UK are bombing Yemen because they have no respect for other cultures or for International Law – No respect for anything that doesn’t suit their Political Agenda…”