Espen Barth Eide fears bloodshed in Rafah – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country

Norway warns Israel against entering the town of Rafah in southern Gaza. – If you now also move in where there has been relatively less fighting than further north, I simply fear a bloodbath, says Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (Ap) to the news program Helgemorgen. Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza started in the north and has gradually moved south. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday that the ground forces will also reach Rafah. He did not say when this would happen. Over a million internally displaced persons have sought refuge in the city on the border with Egypt, at the request of the Israeli authorities. Kindergarten to have been hit On the night of Sunday, at least 127 Palestinians are said to have been killed in Israeli attacks, according to Palestinian health authorities. A kindergarten in Rafah is said to have been hit. The kindergarten was located in the east of Rafah and, according to local sources and health personnel, housed internally displaced persons, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Several people are said to have been killed in the Israeli air attack, among them two small children, and many were injured. The information has not been confirmed by independent sources. The attacks were the latest in a series of recent days, and despair among the many who have sought refuge in Rafah is increasing. – The last and most crowded place Several international organizations take the development seriously. – Rafah is a pressure cooker of despair, and we fear what is to come, said a spokesman for the UN Office for Emergency Relief (OCHA) on Friday. – This cannot happen, Rafah must not be attacked, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Palestinian territories, Rik Peeperkorn. A girl in Rafah carries a water can. Photo: Mohammed Abed / AFP EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell also warns Israel. – They claimed that this was a safe zone, but in reality we see how the bombing which affects the civilian population continues and that it causes a very serious situation, he said on Saturday. – Taking action now in Rafah – the last and most crowded place – as Israel’s defense minister announced, simply cannot be justified, stated German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. – Together with our American partners, I have made it clear to the Israeli government that Gaza’s population cannot simply disappear, she said. Children in a food queue in Rafah. Photo: Reuters More and more victims According to Palestinian health authorities, at least 27,365 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the Hamas attack on southern Israel on 7 October. A further 8,000 are missing, and it is feared that many of them lie in the ruins of bombed buildings. 66,630 Palestinians have been injured in the Israeli attacks, and many of them are injured for life. According to the health authorities, around 70 percent of the victims in Gaza are women and children. The information has not been confirmed by independent sources, but the UN has said that it has been credible in previous conflicts,



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