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May 3, 202410:39 PM GMT+2Updated 16 hours ago
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Item 1 of 2 Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an
Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian
Islamist group Hamas, at Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital in Rafah, in the southern
Gaza Strip, May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
[1/2]Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli
strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist
group Hamas, at Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza
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 * 1 million displaced people sheltering in southern city
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GENEVA, May 3 (Reuters) - An Israeli incursion in Rafah would put the lives of
hundreds of thousands of Gazans at risk and be a huge blow to the aid operations
of the entire enclave, the U.N. humanitarian office said on Friday, as the World
Health Organization announced contingency plans for an incursion.
Israel has repeatedly warned of an operation against Hamas in the southern Gaza
city of Rafah, where around a million displaced people are crowded together,
having fled months of Israeli bombardments triggered by Hamas fighters' deadly
cross-border attack on Oct. 7.
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"It could be a slaughter of civilians and an incredible blow to the humanitarian
operation in the entire strip because it is run primarily out of Rafah," said
Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA), at a Geneva
press briefing.
Israel has said it will work to ensure the safe evacuation of civilians from
Rafah. The United States has long said it cannot support an assault on Rafah by
its ally Israel unless there is a comprehensive plan to protect civilians.
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Israel has given Washington some preliminary information, said a U.S. official,
speaking on condition of anonymity, but "we haven't seen a full plan, nothing
that would give us the confidence we're looking for."
A second U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Israeli
proposal outlining the provision of shelter, food and evacuation routes "needs
more work."
Aid operations in Rafah include medical clinics, warehouses stocked with
humanitarian supplies, food distribution points and 50 centres for acutely
malnourished children, Laerke said.

OCHA would do everything possible to ensure aid operations continued, even in
the event of an incursion, and was studying how to do that, he added.
A World Health Organization official said at the same briefing that a
contingency plan for Rafah had been prepared, which included a new field
hospital, but said it would not be enough to prevent a substantial rise in the
death toll.
Already, more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in nearly seven months
of conflict, according to Gaza's health ministry.
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"I want to really say that this contingency plan is a band-aid," said Rik
Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territory via video
link. "It will absolutely not prevent the expected substantial additional
mortality and morbidity caused by a military operation."
Other preparations include pre-positioning medical supplies at hospitals further
north in case Rafah's three hospitals become non-functional, as has happened
multiple times in the seven-month conflict due to Israeli raids and bombings.

WHO data shows that just a third of the strip's 36 pre-war hospital are
partially operational. Israel accuses Hamas of using hospitals for military
purposes and says its operations against them have been justified by the
presence of fighters. Hamas and medical staff deny the allegations.
Peeperkorn added that he was "extremely concerned" that any incursion would
close the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt which is currently being used to
import medical supplies.
"We are pushing and lobbying that, whatever happens, that it remains open," he
added, saying WHO had raised this issue with Israeli authorities.

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