Israel wants to use the military operation in Rafah to smash Hamas’ remaining battalions, which it has been fighting in the coastal strip since October 2023.
Mediation efforts to revive the truce and facilitate the exchange of hostages and prisoners between Israel and Gaza are still ongoing, said Qatar.
She added that UNRWA has not been able to bring any supplies into Gaza for the past ten days.
As Israel intensified its response over last weekend’s massacre by Hamas, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed the need to guarantee humanitarian relief to the Palestinians.
Israel believed at least 100 people were abducted, including soldiers, in Saturday’s multi-pronged attack that blindsided the Jewish state.
On Monday, former German chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the unprecedented, multi-front attack launched by the militant group Hamas against Israel.
