Foreign Minister Baerbock Condemns Israeli Offensive in Rafah – Latest Updates and Commentary

2024-02-02 23:42:21
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Baerbock – Israeli offensive in Rafah would not be justifiable

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Israel expands attacks on Rafah – “Protecting the civilian population is a major task”

Israel wants to expand its military operation in the Gaza Strip to the southern border town of Rafah. There are hundreds of thousands of refugees in the region and a total of more than 1.3 million Palestinians. Reporter Daniel Koop reports on WELT TV how difficult it will be to protect civilians there.

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She made it clear to the Israeli government that “the people of Gaza cannot disappear into thin air,” said Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. The Green politician becomes emotional in her appeal to Israel.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) has warned Israel once morest a military offensive in the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip. “To act now in Rafah, in the last and most crowded place, as announced by the Israeli Defense Minister, would simply not be justified,” the Green politician told the Germany editorial network (RND/) on Saturday. “The majority of the victims are women and children. Let’s just imagine: they are our children.”

According to the Times of Israel newspaper, the Israeli army intends to expand its fighting once morest Hamas. The military will also reach and destroy the Hamas brigade in Rafah, just as it is currently dealing with the Hamas battalions in the area of ​​the southern city of Khan Yunis, the newspaper quoted Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant as saying on Thursday evening.

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Baerbock now said that she was shocked to hear regarding this announcement. “I and our American partners have been making it clear to the Israeli government for some time that the people of Gaza cannot disappear into thin air.”

There are now said to be more than 1.3 million people in Rafah and the surrounding area – more than half of the Gaza Strip’s total population of around 2.2 million. They are looking for protection there from the fighting. Nearly four months following Hamas’ terrorist attack on southern Israel on October 7 that left 1,200 dead, Israeli ground troops have moved deep into the Gaza Strip to crush Hamas.

The southern end of the sealed-off coastal area, which borders Egypt with the divided city of Rafah and the border crossing of the same name, is so far out of reach of ground troops. The Egyptian government’s actions are causing further tension in the south of the Gaza Strip: Cairo is keeping the border closed and the country continues to refuse to accept Palestinian refugees.

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