News - Middle East: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warns that Israel’s bombardment of Gaza's overcrowded border town of Rafah would be a "recipe for disaster."

Four months into Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, the regime’s military forces have now ramped up airstrikes on Gaza's far south, where more than half of the territory's population of 2.4 million has been forcibly displaced.

Israel's warplanes bombed the city overnight on Thursday and Friday. 

At least three children were among eight people killed on Friday morning in the military attacks on homes in Rafah, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Five of those killed were members of one family.

Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, said on Friday that an offensive in Rafah would be a “recipe for disaster” given that 1.4 million people had taken refuge there.

“You have 1.4mn people, you have tens of kilometers of people living in the streets in plastic makeshifts ... and you try and figure out a military offensive in the middle of these completely exposed, vulnerable people, it’s a recipe for disaster.”

“Any large-scale military operation among this population can only lead to an additional layer of endless tragedy that's unfolding.”

Source: Press TV