Rafah map showing yet another Palestinian displacement
Palestinian presidency urges US to ‘prevent genocide’ in Gaza
The Palestinian presidency has said the US will be responsible for the “genocidal” results of Israel’s Rafah operation, calling on Washington to take action to prevent it. Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said the US administration provided financial and military support to Israel and encouraged the government to continue “massacres” against Palestinians.
He called on the US to “act immediately, and prevent genocide and displacement in Gaza”. Rudeina also urged Washington to hold Israel accountable for the serious violations of international laws.
Israeli army carries out air raids in Rafah: Reuters
Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city.
Nick Maynard, a British surgeon trying to leave Gaza on Monday, told Reuters in a voice message from the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing into Egypt: “Two huge bombs have just gone off immediately outside the crossing. There’s a lot of gunfire as well about 100 metres from us. We are very unclear whether we will get out.”
“Driving through Rafah, the tension was palpable with people evacuating as rapidly as they could.”
French president reiterates ‘firm opposition’ to Rafah attack
The French embassy in Israel has issued a statement saying Emmanuel Macron spoke on Sunday with Netanyahu on the phone. The president reiterated that France’s top priority is the release of all the captives as he encouraged Netanyahu to pursue a ceasefire, it said in a post on X.
Macron also reiterated his firm opposition to the planned Israeli offensive on Rafah and the urgent need to ensure a massive entry of humanitarian aid through all access points to the Gaza Strip, the embassy added.
On March 24, Macron had warned Netanyahu that any forced transfer of people from Rafah would constitute “a war crime”.
Israel’s attacks on Gaza did not stop for a moment: Media office
Israel’s evacuation of eastern Rafah confirms its prior intention to launch an aggression against the city, the Government Media Office in Gaza says.
A statement on Telegram said the move also proved that Israel “went to the truce talks deceptively without abandoning the idea of a broad aggression against Rafah”. “The occupation’s aggression did not stop for a moment across Gaza,” the office said.
“We observed a limited response from citizens to the Zionist evacuation orders, and the vital institutions east of Rafah are still operating as usual, most notably the Rafah land crossing and Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital,” it added.
The Israeli military ordered the evacuation of some 100,000 people in the eastern part of the overcrowded city in southern Gaza.
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