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Germany warns Israel: attack on Rafah would not be “appropriate”

Foreign Minister of GermanyAnnalena Bareback, Warns Israel that attack on Rafah would not be “appropriate”Because this is where half of the residents of the Gaza Strip gather.

He said, “As the Israeli Defense Minister announced, it would no longer be appropriate to take action in Rafah, the last and most populated place.” green politics To the media organization Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) in statements published this Saturday.

“Most of the victims are women and children. Let’s imagine: They’re our children,” Baerbock said.

According to the Times of Israel newspaper, the Israeli Army has Intending to expand its fight against Hamas in the Rafah region. The newspaper quoted Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant, who said this Thursday that the army would also reach the Hamas brigade in Rafah and “crush it”, as is currently being done with the Hamas battalion in the southern city of Khan Yunis. Is.

Baerbock expressed surprise upon learning of Israel’s plans. “Together with our American partners, we have made it clear to the Israeli government for some time that “The population of Gaza cannot disappear into thin air.”He has claimed.

more than 1.3 million people live in and around Rafah, More than half of the Gaza Strip’s population of about 2.2 million, as about one million seek refuge from the fighting there. Before the war, Rafah was home to about 250,000 people.