Benjamin Netanyahu The violent action against Rafah comes despite international condemnationwith the Biden administration and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, among others, urging them not to launch an offensive in Gaza's southernmost city.
After the Israeli evacuation order was issued, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the US has seen no credible and actionable plan to protect Palestinian civilians.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called IsraelThe country's evacuation order is “inhumane,” adding that “it violates the basic principles of international humanitarian and human rights law.”
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency, the largest humanitarian agency for Palestinians in Gaza, said it will not follow the evacuation order and will instead remain in Rafah for as long as possible to provide humanitarian aid.