Many displaced civilians have been forced to flee again, eyewitnesses say. Several families in Khan Younis are said to have started fleeing south to Rafah, a town on the Egyptian border. According to Al Jazeera, it is full of people camping out at the Egyptian border. They lack access to water and access to toilets. Now UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that the war in Gaza could threaten international peace and security. He calls again for a cease-fire in Gaza, and asks the Security Council to help avoid what he refers to as a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip. – The situation in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating into a catastrophe with potentially irreversible implications, Guterres said. He also reiterated that there are no safe places for civilians in Gaza. Rafah is the last refuge left for Palestinians, although the bombings also continue in this area, according to Al Jazeera. Major damage to apartment buildings after Israeli bombs in Khan Younis. Photo: Thomson Reuters (Do not use this version of the image) Nine people are said to have been killed by Israeli bombs in Rafah today, according to Palestinian health authorities. The bombs are said to have hit a residence. – Our forces are now surrounding the Khan Younis area, said Chief of Defense of the Israeli military Herzi Halevi late on Tuesday evening. Israeli forces have shifted their focus south after much of northern Gaza was left in ruins during nearly two months of fighting. Many civilians began fleeing as tanks, armored personnel carriers and bulldozers were seen around Khan Younis on Tuesday Tuesday was the most intensive day of fighting since ground operations began, said the head of Israel’s Southern Military Command, Major General Yaron Finkelman. Many Palestinians fled south to Khan Younis when the war first broke out. The UN set up tents for those who lost their homes after bomb attacks. The picture is from 19 October 2023. Photo: Fatima Shbair / AP The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned, and believes that the situation in the Gaza Strip is getting worse with each passing hour and points to heavy Israeli bombing in the south. – There is intensified bombing everywhere, including in the southern areas such as Khan Younis and also Rafah, said Richard Peeperkorn from the WHO yesterday. Osama Hamdan of Hamas has stated that there would be no “negotiations or swapping [fanger] before the Israeli attack ends. Speaking to reporters in Beirut, Hamdan also said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “responsible” for the lives of Israeli prisoners in Gaza.
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