Germany on Monday once again called on Israel to refrain from a large-scale ground attack on Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
“The Federal Government and the Foreign Minister have already said repeatedly in the past that a large-scale ground offensive on Rafah would be a humanitarian catastrophe, and indeed a humanitarian catastrophe with consequences,” deputy Foreign Ministry spokesperson Kathrin Deschauer said at a press briefing in Berlin.
Berlin has “warned and advised against such a large-scale (military) offensive,” she added.
Israel has reportedly begun evacuating some neighborhoods in Rafah, where approximately 1.5 million displaced Palestinians have taken refuge in the southern Gaza Strip, despite opposition by the international community.
