PBB: Global Protests Stop Attacks In Rafah Increasingly Cannot Be Ignored By Israel

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JAKARTA - UN aid agency head Martin Griffiths said global protests to stop Israeli military attacks and operations in the Gaza Strip were too harsh to ignore.

Griffiths said military operations in Rafah had become a tragedy that could not be disclosed in words, Anadolu reported on Saturday.

"Although Israel rejects calls from the international community to save Rafah, global demands to immediately stop this attack have become too harsh to ignore," the head of UN aid said.

Griffiths noted that Israeli military operations had forced more than 800,000 people to flee to areas without adequate shelter, latrines and clean water.

The attack on Rafah, he said, ended the flow of aid to the southern part of Gaza, crippling humanitarian operations to its peak. He also noted that Israel stopped the distribution of food and fuel supplies for life on the Gaza Line.

Citing UN Security Council resolutions that advocate for the protection of humanitarian personnel and the United Nations as well as the order of the International Court (ICJ) to stop the military offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza, Griffiths said, "This is a moment of clarity."

"This is a moment to demand respect for war rules that bind to everyone, civilians must be allowed to seek safety," he said.

Humanitarian aid, according to him, should be facilitated without a hitch. He also repeated his request to "free the hostages, agree to the ceasefire and end this nightmare."