A potentially 'catastrophic' assault on Gaza's 'last refuge' looms as Israeli forces hunt for Hamas leaders and Israeli hostages.
A diplomatic row is brewing between Israel and the U.S. over Israel Defense Forces plans to push into the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, which after four months of devastating warfare has become the 'last refuge' for almost 2 million displaced Palestinians.
has said that cases of diarrhea among children are up 4,000 percent since the war began.'IDF ground operations and the shelling that accompanies them will make searching for already scarce food and water—or attempting to access medical care at the few remaining, partially functional hospitals—lethally dangerous,' Parkinson said. 'There is no way to ensure civilians' safety under these conditions. There has been no safe place in Gaza for months.
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