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full screen Martin Griffiths. Archive image. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/TT
An Israeli ground offensive against Rafah would mean a “tragedy beyond words”. This is what the UN’s head of humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, says in a statement.
The statement comes in a situation characterized by tense waiting for Hamas’s response to Israel’s proposal for a cease-fire.
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a right-wing group that the planned offensive will come off “with or without an agreement” on a ceasefire.