News - Middle East: The prime ministers of Spain and Ireland have called on the European Union to urgently confront Israel’s “grave and imminent threat” in Gaza’s overcrowded southern town of Rafah.

Pedro Sánchez and Ireland’s Leo Varadkar said in a joint letter that they are “deeply concerned at the deteriorating situation" in the  besieged Gaza Strip.
“The expanded Israeli military operation in the Rafah area poses a grave and imminent threat that the international community must urgently confront.”
The prime ministers of the two EU member states sent the letter to the EU Commission.
Having confirmed receipt of the letter, an EU spokesman said that Brussels “urge all sides when it comes to Israel to respect international law.”
He said, “We note that there must be respect, there must be accountability for violations of international law.”
In separate remarks to Ireland’s parliament, Varadkar said that Israeli leaders “have become blinded by rage.”
He said that it was “very clear” to him that the regime “is not listening to any country in the world.”
“There is a serious risk of a massacre occurring in Rafah if a ground assault were to occur.”