Published 16:48 IST, February 13th 2024

UK: Israel Should ‘Stop and Think Very Seriously’ Before Any Action in Rafah

UK's Foreign Minister Cameron said that he was “very concerned about the situation and we want Israel to stop and think very seriously.

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UK's Foreign Minister David Cameron. | Image: AP
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Hours after Egypt threatened to suspend 1978 Camp David Accords or “peace treaty” with neighbouring Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaring that he has ordered IDF to launch assaults in Rafah, UK’s Foreign Ministry warned about consequences of such a move. UK’s David Cameron said that Tel Aviv must “stop and think very seriously” before taking furr action in city of Rafah where hundreds of thousands of civilians are crammed into makeshift tents.

Speaking to reporters in East Kilbride, Scotland, Cameron said that he was “very concerned about situation and we want Israel to stop and think very seriously before it takes any furr action. But above all, what we want is an immediate pause in fighting and we want that pause to le to a ceasefire,” British foreign secretary Cameron said. His remarks came as at least 100 civilians were killed  in Israeli airstrikes in sourn Gaza, according to local health officials.

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Hundreds of trucks with humanitarian aid that left from al-Arish in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula are w parked on Egyptian side amid a heavy backlog. Egyptian authorities have enforced 16-year land, air, and sea blocke on sourn land routes of Gaza Strip, only n-Israeli territory, and has restricted movement on Sinai peninsula as Israeli officials voiced a plan to push displaced Gaza population re.

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16:48 IST, February 13th 2024