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Australia, Canada, NZ urge Israel to avoid 'catastrophic' Rafah operation
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2/15/2024
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"There is simply nowhere else for civilians to go," said a rare joint statement published
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by Australia, Canada and New Zealand's prime ministers on Thursday.
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This as Israel prepares a ground offensive in the southern city of Rafah, Gaza, whose
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population has increased five-fold as Palestinians from across the Strip have fled there in hopes
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of finding safety.
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"I wish to restate the Australian government's grave concerns about an impending major Israeli
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ground offensive in Rafah.
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This would bring further devastation to more than a million civilians seeking shelter in
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Rafah, many there by Israel's direction.
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Australia believes this would be unjustifiable."
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Wednesday saw Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Spanish Premier Pedro Sanchez pen a letter
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to Ursula von der Leyen for an urgent EU review of potential human rights violations committed
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by the Israeli campaign in Gaza.
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The letter states that the expanded Israeli military operation in Rafah possesses a grave
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and imminent threat that the international community must confront urgently.
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And on a visit to Jerusalem on Tuesday, German diplomacy chief Annalena Baerbock made an
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emotive plea to the Israeli government, evoking Israeli evacuation orders that encouraged
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civilians to seek refuge in Rafah and the plight of those who left their homes carrying
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their children with nothing but the clothes on their back.
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"If the Israeli army were to launch an offensive on Rafah under these conditions, it would
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be a humanitarian catastrophe in the making."
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This after talks with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Lapid, who believe the senior
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Hamas operatives behind the 7th of October attacks are hiding out in the Rafah area.
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The Prime Minister maintained on Wednesday that Israel would fight until what he called
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complete victory.
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