Israel launched a ‘limited’ military operation into Rafah on Tuesday, seizing the crucial border crossing with Egypt.
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00:00Washington has suspended a shipment of thousands of bombs to Israel over concerns the country
00:07is about to launch a full-scale ground offensive in Rafa.
00:12Israel launched a limited operation in the city on Tuesday, seizing the border crossing
00:16with Egypt in a bid to choke off supply lines to Hamas.
00:21We continue to have concerns about a potential Rafa operation.
00:25We have made that quite clear.
00:26We have made it clear with the Israeli government privately and of course everyone from the
00:31President on down has made that clear publicly.
00:33There's been fierce international criticism towards Israel's plans to move into Rafa to
00:38eliminate the Hamas battalion's Itzeh Zabest there.
00:43More than 1.4 million Palestinians have sought shelter in the city, moving there on the advice
00:48of the Israeli military who declared it a safe zone.
00:53The day before the military moved into Rafa, it ordered around 100,000 Palestinians to
00:58evacuate from the east of the city.
01:13The United Nations says the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains extremely fluid and that staff
01:19continue to face a range of challenges.
01:24But the Israeli military said one key crossing at Kerem Shalom was reopened on Wednesday
01:29and that aid had passed through.
01:32One of the major land routes into Gaza, it was closed at the weekend following a Hamas
01:37rocket attack.