The foreign ministers of 13 countries warned Israel against carrying out a comprehensive military attack in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
The German News Agency quoted the newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, in its issue issued today, Friday, that those countries also called, in a letter, to provide more aid to the Palestinian people.
The 4-page letter, dated last Wednesday, was signed by all G7 member states except the United States.
In the letter addressed to Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, the ministers stressed that “Israel has the right to defend itself,” and condemned the Al-Aqsa Flood operation carried out by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Palestinian factions on October 7.
At the same time, they called on the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do everything within its power to alleviate the devastating and worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
According to the newspaper’s report, the ministers also called on Israel to open all border crossings into the coastal strip for the entry of aid, including the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
About a week ago, the Israeli army advanced from the east towards Rafah, despite strong international warnings.
Since that time, the occupation army has also taken control of the Palestinian side of the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, and closed the important crossing to humanitarian aid, and Israel and Egypt exchange accusations in this regard.
The letter was signed by the foreign ministers of the G7 countries: Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Japan and Canada, along with Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea and Sweden.
On Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant announced the deployment of more forces in Rafah.
According to the Israeli army, hundreds of targets were targeted and many tunnels were destroyed.
According to the United Nations, about 600,000 people have fled the border city with Egypt.