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Tensions Rise in Rafah as China Urges Israel to Halt Military Operations

China - Gaza - Humanitarian Crisis - Israel - Rafah - UN

China warns of humanitarian disaster in Rafah as Israel plans offensive. UN expresses concern over potential carnage.

Tensions escalate in Rafah as China urges Israel to stop military operations to prevent a serious humanitarian disaster. UN warns of impending offensive on Gaza city, home to over a million people. Israel advances with plans to invade Rafah, a city filled with displaced Palestinians. UN issues warnings about potential carnage and lack of safe refuge amid looming offensive. Israeli forces rescue hostages while airstrikes kill numerous Palestinians in Rafah. The situation in Rafah remains fragile with calls for restraint and humanitarian aid to avert a crisis.

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Image courtesy of "The Straits Times"

China urges Israel to stop military operation in Rafah 'as soon as ... (The Straits Times)

Beijing warned of a “serious humanitarian disaster” there if fighting did not stop. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Israel Gaza: Palestinians sheltering in Rafah fear impending offensive (BBC News)

The UN warns an assault on the Gaza city sheltering more than a million people would be "terrifying".

Stop all military operations, China tells Israel over attacks on Rafah (Anadolu Agency)

Statement by Beijing comes as Israeli plans to launch ground offensive in Rafah, home to over 1M seeking refuge from months-long war - Anadolu Ajansı.

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Gaza war: What we know about Israel's Rafah hostage rescue raid (BBC News)

Details have begun to emerge of an overnight Israeli military operation which freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held captive by Hamas in the city of ...

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UN 'will not be party' to Rafah evacuation due to lack of safe refuge ... (The Times of Israel)

Secretary-general's spokesperson says not enough humanitarian aid entering Strip, 'may last us just days,' amid looming offensive in southernmost city.

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'We're going to do it': Israeli PM set on invasion of Rafah (Aljazeera.com)

Israel is determined to advance with its unspecified plans to invade the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, where millions of displaced Palestinians are ...

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Gaza: UN rights chief warns against potential 'carnage' in Rafah (UN News)

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday appealed for restraint in the face of an Israeli military incursion in Rafah, warning of the ...

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What to Know About Israel's Impending Offensive in Rafah (TIME)

Now, as Israel announces its intention to direct its offensive towards Rafah—which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dubbed the “last bastion” of ...

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Israel Rescues Two Hostages in Rafah, but Dozens of Palestinians ... (Voice of America)

Israel freed two hostages held by Hamas militants in Rafah on Monday, but supporting airstrikes killed at least 67 Palestinians in the southern Gaza city ...

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Israeli forces rescue 2 hostages in Rafah, kill at least 67 Palestinians (Xinhua)

JERUSALEM, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israel's special forces raided Gaza's Rafah early Monday to release two hostages, launching "waves of strikes" that killed at ...

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